News tagged with developmental dyslexia
Common genetic influences for ADHD and reading disability
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and developmental reading disability (RD) are complex childhood disorders that frequently occur together; if a child is experiencing trouble with reading, symptoms of ADHD are ...
Dec 08, 2010 |
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New brain findings on dyslexic children
The vast majority of school-aged children can focus on the voice of a teacher amid the cacophony of the typical classroom thanks to a brain that automatically focuses on relevant, predictable and repeating auditory information, ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Nov 11, 2009 |
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Dyslexia varies across language barriers
Chinese-speaking children with dyslexia have a disorder that is distinctly different, and perhaps more complicated and severe, than that of English speakers. Those differences can be seen in the brain and in the performance ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Oct 12, 2009 |
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Why Henry Higgins could tell his barrow girl from his fair lady
When Professor Henry Higgins instructed Eliza Doolittle that it was "Ay not I, O not Ow, Don't say 'Rine,' say 'Rain'", he was drawing on years of experience as a professor of phonetics. But research funded by the Wellcome ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Mar 15, 2011 |
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New research on developmental co-ordination disorder
New research has found children with developmental co-ordination disorder (DCD) previously known as dyspraxia have an increased risk of difficulties in attention, reading, short-term memory and social skills.
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Nov 23, 2010 |
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Study shows newborns learn while asleep
(PhysOrg.com) -- Newborn infants can sleep as much as 18 hours a day. But contrary to popular belief, babies aren't just blissfully dozing in between feedings.
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Sep 21, 2010 |
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Developmental problems: Some exist in the genes
Everyone is special in their own unique way. From a genetic point of view, no two humans are genetically identical. This means that DNA for each individual contains variants that are more or less comm. on in the overall population.
Aug 17, 2010 |
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Taking music seriously: How music training primes nervous system and boosts learning
Those ubiquitous wires connecting listeners to you-name-the-sounds from invisible MP3 players -- whether of Bach, Miles Davis or, more likely today, Lady Gaga -- only hint at music's effect on the soul throughout the ages.
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Jul 20, 2010 |
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Study shows babies grasp number, space and time concepts
(PhysOrg.com) -- Even before they learn to speak, babies are organizing information about numbers, space and time in more complex ways than previously realized, a study led by Emory University psychologist ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jun 15, 2010 |
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Newborn infants learn while asleep; study may lead to later disability tests
Sleeping newborns are better learners than thought, says a University of Florida researcher about a study that is the first of its type. The study could lead to identifying those at risk for developmental disorders such as ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
May 17, 2010 |
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Research confirms that hand-clapping songs improve motor and cognitive skills
A researcher at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) conducted the first study of hand-clapping songs, revealing a direct link between those activities and the development of important skills in children and young adults, ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Apr 28, 2010 |
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Psychologist explores effective treatment options for children with autism disorders (w/ Video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- When one out of every 100 children born in this country is diagnosed with autism, treatment for those children requires as much attention as the diagnoses.
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Apr 19, 2010 |
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Neuroscientist: Think twice about cutting music in schools
At a press briefing today at the American Association for the Advancement of Science annual meeting, a Northwestern University neuroscientist will argue that music training has profound effects that shape the sensory system ...
Feb 21, 2010 |
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