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Reading Failure

By: Society for Neuroscience (2006)

Reading problems, which are rampant in America, can greatly hinder a person's life. Scientific research, however, is now providing insights on how to prevent the development of poor reading and all the problems that come with it. Some of the latest work cites evidence suggesting that certain reading instruction regimens can improve the brain function of those with reading woes, enabling them to read better.

You open the pamphlet and speedily absorb word after word, line after line. Within 20 minutes, you are well acquainted with the rules of the road and soon after you pass the state's driving test. Painless.

Then there are those with reading problems. For them, the process can become riddled with roadblocks and detours. In fact, reading problems can harm many areas of life, such as school performance, job opportunities, even your health if you fail to understand a medication's instructions, for example.

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Neurology. 2002 Apr 23;58(8):1203-13. Dyslexia-specific brain activation profile becomes normal following successful remedial training. Simos PG, Fletcher JM, Bergman E, Breier JI, Foorman BR, Castillo EM, Davis RN, Fitzgerald M, Papanicolaou AC.

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Overcoming Dyslexia, by Sally Shaywitz, MD, published by Alfred A. Knopf, a division of Random House, Inc., 2003.

The National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (http://www.nichd.nih.gov/)

References

Overcoming Dyslexia, by Sally Shaywitz, MD, published by Alfred A. Knopf, a division of Random House, Inc., 2003.

The National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (http://www.nichd.nih.gov/)

Reprinted from Brain Briefings, Society for Neuroscience, February 2006.

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