Archive for April, 2009
Finding May Provide Insights For Reading Disorders
Neuroscientists at Georgetown University Medical Center have found that an area known to be important for reading in the left visual cortex contains neurons that are specialized to process written words as whole word units. (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
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No comments53. Auditory information processing in children with developmental dyslexia
(1) Categorical discrimination of CV syllable sound: Consonant–vowel (CV) syllable discrimination in developmental dyslexia was compared to that in normal-reading children and adults. In the hearing test, five reduced CV syllable with different length of vowel part of /ma/ were delivered in random order. Subjects were asked to press a button when they perceived sound as /ma/. According to reduction of vowel part, each subject group tended to be hard to perceive the syllable as /ma/. In ERP recording, subjects were asked to press the button when they detected the unreduced CV syllable (/ma/). Amplitude of P3 component due to the unreduced CV syllable in dyslexics was significantly attenuated compared to that in controls. (Source: Clinical Neurophysiology)
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No commentsAuditory and Visual Processing in Children With Dyslexia
Reading Disabilities in SLI and Dyslexia Result From Distinct Phonological Impairments
Fight diabetes and meet nick jonas
Want to meet Nick Jonas? Yeah, who doesn’t! Nick is an inspiration to so many people because of his courage in dealing with Type 1 Diabetes. Now, Bayer is teaming up with Nick to give diabetics kids a chance to meet the pop star and express some creativity besides.
Diabetics between ages 6 and 18 are encouraged to “15-30 second video that demonstrates their Simple Win in an artistic way. The personal video submission can be a visual demonstration of original song lyrics, photography, painting/drawing, acting or another form of creativity.” A simple win is something a diabetic does in spite of having this disease.
During the last week of each month in April through September, the top three videos will be posted on www.NicksSimpleWins.com. People can log on and vote for t…
Original post by Diabetes Notes
No commentsNeurobiological Approaches on Brains of Children with Dyslexia: Review
Learning difficulties commonly comprise a heterogeneous group of disorders manifested by unexpected problems in some children’s experiences in the academic performance arena. These problems especially comprise of a variety of disorders, which one of the most well-recognized learning difficulties is reading disability or dyslexia. The aim of this review is to explain the postmortem, structural or functional neuroimaging, and electrophysiological studies of human brains in children. The findings about these neuropathological and neurofunctional characteristics of developmental dyslexia, prospective studies beginning early in the life span and studies targeting remedial intervention will help to set the research agendas for future studies to follow. (Source: Academic Radiology)
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No commentsStimulus effects on cancellation task performance in children with and without dyslexia.
Authors: Huang HC, Wang TY
Both the sensitivity and administration time of a test are important in evaluating visuospatial attention in clinical settings, especially with respect to external validity. The purpose of the present study was to propose an adaptive model that provides a reference for test modification by manipulating target-to-distractor (T/D) ratios and the number of stimuli on the computerized cancellation test system. Tasks with different T/D ratios and numbers of stimuli were presented to two groups–children with and without dyslexia (n = 41 and 65, respectively)–to determine whether their visuospatial attention performance differed on different test forms. In general, there were significant differences between the two groups in hit rates, completion times, and perfor…div id=medwormpbiMedWorm Message:/i/b Get the very latest Swine Flu news via the MedWorm ba href=http://www.medworm.com/rss/search.php?qu=%2Bswine+%2B%28influenza+flu%29t=Swine+Fluf=infectiousdiseasesr=Anyo=d target =_selfSwine Flu RSS news feed/a/b – updated hourly from thousands of authoritative health and news sources./p/div
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No commentsWhat Is Migraine? What Causes Migraines?
A migraine is a severe, painful headache that is often preceded or accompanied by sensory warning signs such as flashes of light, blind spots, tingling in the arms and legs, nausea, vomiting, and increased sensitivity to light and sound. The excruciating pain that migraines bring can last for hours or even days. Migraine headaches result from a combination of blood vessel enlargement and the release of chemicals from nerve fibers that coil around these blood vessels.
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No commentsMinnesota House, Senate Approve Bills That Aim To Slow Health Care Spending
The Minnesota House and Senate on Monday both approved bills that aim to slow health care spending as the state faces a $4.6 billion budget deficit, the Minneapolis Star Tribune reports.
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No commentsMany Catholics Leave Faith Over Dissatisfaction With Teachings On Abortion, Other Issues, Study Finds
Many adults who were raised Roman Catholic and leave the faith do so because of a dissatisfaction with the church’s teachings on abortion, birth control and other social issues, according to a report released Monday by the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life, the
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