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Interesting Dyslexia Theory |
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The dyslexic brain struggles to read because even small distractions can throw it off, according to a new model of dyslexia emerging from a group of recent studies.
The studies contradict an influential, 30-year-old theory that blamed dyslexia on a neural deficit in processing the fast sounds of language.
Instead, the studies suggest that children with dyslexia have bad filters for irrelevant data. As a result, they struggle to form solid mental categories for identifying letters and word sounds.
Such children may benefit from intensive training under "noisy" conditions to strengthen their mental templates, said University of Southern California neuroscientist Zhong-Lin Lu. (Originally release by USC and study published in Psychological Science Dec 2006) Boonzee note: How do you then determine the difference between ADD and dyslexia? We will be watching for further studies and treatment protocols relating to this concept. Let us know if you hear of something interesting as well.
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