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2003-06-06 Reading Disability Attributed to Brain Impairment
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Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) technology reveals new information about brain function. Research shows a physical basis for reading difficulties, and a backup system that poor and dyslexic children and adults use to learn reading.
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2003-06-06 Researchers Map Physical Basis of Dyslexia
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While their brain functions were observed with the fMRI scanner, children performed reading tasks. These results found that a lack of phonological awareness plays a role in dyslexia.
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2002-07-15 Reading News, July 2002. Reading Achievement Down
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A spate of recent news reports reveals a disturbing trend: reading achievement is down, especially among disadvantaged children and especially among boys. What's to be done? The consensus: children must be taught to read - and read well- from an early age, or special ed programs will continue to overflow and the high school drop out rate will continue to soar. Read More...
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2002-06-28 A view of nature promotes learning for girls.
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Inner-city girls who have a view of nature from their windows while studying have improved concentration skills and enhanced self-discipline,a study out of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaigne shows. The same doesn't seem to be the case for boys, perhaps because they spend a lot of time outside the home. This research seems to support the argument that housing projects and inner city schools need to be designed with more green spaces. Read the entire press release.
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2002-06-14 Children's brains, adult brains work differently
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Children's brains are not just miniature versions of adult brains, researchers out of the University of Washington at St Louis have recently discovered. Children's brains function differently from adult brains - even when the children and adults are performing identical tasks. Figuring out just how and why children's brains differ from adult brains may help researchers better understand learning disorders like dyslexia.
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