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Dyslexic Kids Show Brain Changes at an Early Age (CME/CE)
(MedPage Today) — Young children at risk for developing dyslexia showed abnormalities on functional MRI brain scans even before they began learning to read, researchers found. (Source: MedPage Today Neurology)
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No commentsBrain scans could diagnose dyslexia in children before they even learn to read and head off difficulties at school
A team from Children’s Hospital Boston said they could see signs of dyslexia on brain scans in children as young as four years old – and younger children are most responsive to intervention. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
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No commentsBrain MRIs May Provide An Early Diagnostic Marker For Dyslexia
Children at risk for dyslexia show differences in brain activity on MRI scans even before they begin learning to read, finds a study at Children’s Hospital Boston. Since developmental dyslexia responds to early intervention, diagnosing children at risk before or during kindergarten could head off difficulties and frustration in school, the researchers say. Findings appear this week in the online Early Edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences… (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
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No commentsBrain scans spot early signs of dyslexia
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Instead of waiting for a child to experience reading delays, scientists now say they can identify the reading problem even before children start school, long before they become labeled as poor students and begin to lose confidence in themselves. (Source: Reuters: Health)
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No commentsBrain scans spot early signs of dyslexia
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Instead of waiting for a child to experience reading delays, scientists now say they can identify the reading problem even before children start school, long before they become labeled as poor students and begin to lose confidence in themselves. (Source: Reuters: Health)
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No commentsDyslexia’s Brain Changes May Occur Before Kids Learn to Read
Study findings might help identify at-risk children at younger age
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No commentsEffects of lexicality and word frequency on brain activation in dyslexic readers.
Authors: Heim S, Wehnelt A, Grande M, Huber W, Amunts K
Abstract
We investigated the neural basis of lexical access to written stimuli in adult dyslexics and normal readers via the Lexicality effect (pseudowords>words) and the Frequency effect (low>high frequent words). The participants read aloud German words (with low or high lexical frequency) or pseudowords while being scanned. In both groups, both Lexicality effect and Frequency effect involved Broca’s region (areas 44 and 45). Whereas the effects were stronger for dyslexic than normal readers in area 44, area 45 showed the reverse pattern. These findings mimic recent results from an fMRI study on dyslexic primary school children, indicating that lexical access to written stimuli poses increased and enduring difficulties…
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No commentsVisual temporal processing in dyslexia and the magnocellular deficit theory: The need for speed? – McLean GM, Stuart GW, Coltheart V, Castles A.
This study used a novel chromatic flicker perce… (Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated))
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No commentsReading skills in children with dyslexia not linked to IQ scores
All children with dyslexia should be eligible for special education services that will help them learn
to read, concludes new research from the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human
Development of the National Institutes of Health. The findings suggest that the traditional discrepancy model used
as the criterion for classifying a child as learning disabled is no longer valid to determine which children will
benefit from specialized reading instruction. (Source: Modern Medicine)
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No commentsA neurocognitive endophenotype associated with rolandic epilepsy
SummaryPurpose:  Children with rolandic epilepsy (RE) experience difficulties with reading, language, and attention. Their siblings are at high risk of dyslexia but are not otherwise known to have neurocognitive deficits. We therefore sought evidence for an REâ€Âassociated neurocognitive endophenotype.Methods:  Thirteen probands (maleâ€Âtoâ€Âfemale ratio 9:4) and 11 epilepsyâ€Âfree siblings (maleâ€Âtoâ€Âfemale ratio 5:6) completed a neurocognitive evaluation within the domains of reading, language, and attention. Frequencies of impairment were compared, and mean standardized scores of children with RE and their siblings were each compared against population means.Key Findings:  Frequency of impairment in each domain was comparable for siblings and probands: 9% of siblings and 31% of …
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