Spotting Dyslexia Before a Child Starts School

Spotting Dyslexia Before a Child Starts School

ScienceDaily (Jan. 23, 2012) — Children at risk for dyslexia show differences in brain activity on MRI scans even before they begin learning to read, finds a study at Children's Hospital Boston. Since developmental dyslexia responds to early intervention, diagnosing children at risk before or during kindergarten could head off difficulties and frustration in school, the researchers say. Findings appear this week in the online early edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.  Read more . . .