Archive for October, 2004
Promise for helping adults with dyslexia
Adults suffering from dyslexia can benefit from tutoring in processing words, and their brains show changes that indicate neural modifications due to the training, researchers have found. Guinevere Eden and her colleagues said that their studies indicate that adult dyslexics can be helped by training. The findings are important, they wrote, because dyslexia accounts for 80% of all learning disabilities in the U.S. and U.K. [click link for full article]Original post by Allergy News From Medical News Today
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New research shows that phonics-based instruction can actually change brain activity in adults with dyslexia, resulting in significant improvements in reading. The findings from a collaborative study by Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center and Georgetown University Medical Center were reported today in the journal Neuron. [click link for full article]Original post by Allergy News From Medical News Today
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