Poor Readers Can Improve Brain Function

Posted on May 11, 2004

Teaching 6- to 9-year-old struggling readers to connect sounds and letters can make a lasting impact on brain function, according to research published in Biological Psychiatry and reported on NPR by Rachel Jones. The researchers say for children with learning disabilities the use of an evidence-based phonologic reading intervention facilitates the development of those fast-paced neural systems that underlie skilled reading.