Month: June 2013

Learning to cope: New methods help student deal with dyslexia

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By Matlin Smith / msmith@lcsun-news.comlcsun-news.com Posted: 06/05/2013 04:34:34 AM MDT For most of her childhood and adolescence, school was a struggle for Karen Tillery. Reading caused painful headaches, teachers’ lectures were garbled with the voices of her classmates and new concepts didn’t register immediately, if at all, and the reasons why were a mystery. “She …

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Reading Disabilities Amid Dyslexia Patients Rooted In Ability, Not Brain Abnormalities.

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A new study indicates that dyslexics and non-dyslexics have similar brain activity in the visual cortex, pointing to the possible role of reading experience in dyslexia instead. Dyslexia is the most prevalent of learning disabilities, affecting nearly 12 percent of Americans with reading disabilities and difficulties processing visual information. A new study indicates that dyslexics …

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The Concept of Attachment and it’s relation to Education

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for Soc. Applied Neuroscience course by Dr Beverely Steffert Developmental psychology has presented sufficient evidence over the years for us to know with certainty that children who grown up with a reasonably stable career are more likely to be able to learn. Securely “attached” children tend to be free from incapacitating physical or mental health …

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