Remedial Instruction Can Make Strong Readers Out Of Poor Readers, Brain Imaging Study Reveals
Wednesday, June 11, 2008 - 18:21
in Psychology & Sociology
A new brain imaging study of poor readers found that 100 hours of remedial instruction not only improved the skills of struggling readers, but also changed the way the parietotemporal regions of their brains activated when they comprehended written sentences. This was the first brain imaging study in which children were tested on their understanding of sentences, not just on recognition of single words.
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