The brain's capacity to use and understand language expands rapidly in the first years of life, as babies start to make sense of the words they hear and eventually begin to piece together sentences of their own. The language-processing ...
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A University of Houston psychology professor is challenging the notion that dyslexia, or specific reading disorder, stems from a single faulty gene in the brain, suggesting instead that it is caused by an overall brain network ...
Feb 8, 2026
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Dyslexia is a common developmental disorder, affecting around 7% of the global population. It is characterized by difficulties with accurate or fluent reading and spelling, despite average intelligence and adequate schooling. ...
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The fact that left-handedness and mixed-handedness are strikingly common in patients with certain neurological disorders, such as autism spectrum disorders, is a frequently reported observation in medical practice. The reason ...
May 5, 2025
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Dyslexia is a common learning difficulty in which genes often play a role. How do genes associated with dyslexia relate to brain structure in the general population? In a large-scale study published in Science Advances, a ...
Dec 18, 2024
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Children's books are full of animal characters whose antics capture the hearts and inspire the imaginations of their young readers.
Nov 22, 2024
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Four researchers working in the United States are sharing a $1 million prize from a Portuguese foundation for their work on how the human brain distinguishes faces, shapes and colors.
Sep 11, 2024
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A new technology which uses harmless light waves to measure activity in babies' brains has provided the most complete picture to date of brain functions like hearing, vision and cognitive processing outside a conventional, ...
Sep 10, 2024
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Scientists have shed new light on the genetic basis of dyslexia, showing how it overlaps with that of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).
Sep 10, 2024
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Parents should speak to their babies using sing-song speech, like nursery rhymes, as soon as possible, say researchers. That's because babies learn languages from rhythmic information, not phonetic information, in their first ...
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