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Up to 20% of the population experiences symptoms of dyslexia, a lifelong neurological disorder that makes it difficult to read fluently. Examining why dyslexia happens — and how we intervene — has ...

Anywhere from 5 to 20 percent of the population struggles with dyslexia, a learning disorder that involves difficulty reading due to problems identifying speech sounds and how they relate to letters ...

We see not just with our eyes, but with our brains. A mosaic of specialized areas in a brain region known as the visual cortex interprets different sights, helping us identify everything from solid ...

According to a recent study, action-oriented video games could help kids at risk for developmental dyslexia by enhancing their phonemic awareness, which is the ability to hear and manipulate the ...

In a just-released article entitled “The ‘Reading Brain’ is Taught, Not Born” cognitive neuroscientists Rebecca Gotlieb, Laura Rhinehart, and Maryanne Wolf are unambiguous in reporting “…the study of ...

A UC San Francisco-developed tool to detect early signs of literacy weaknesses that could lead to dyslexia got a boost in the California governor’s recent budget proposal, and could be in widespread ...

Midland County Libraries and the Texas Talking Book Program offer various audiobook resources to help students with dyslexia ...

A new study has found that a child's reading speed can be improved by simply increasing the space between letters within a piece of text. The study discovered that text with increased space between ...

The Caldwell Parish School Board approved a specialized dyslexia training program from the Masonic Learning Center of ...

For children with dyslexia, reading is a struggle and a barrier to success in school and in life. Dyslexia is neurological in origin, impacting the portion of the brain that enables students to ...

This year, for the first time, California schools will be screening kindergarteners, first- and second-graders for reading difficulties, including dyslexia, under a state mandate signed into law by ...