Return-Path: <nifl-4eff@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id h5D0tcC21263; Thu, 12 Jun 2003 20:55:38 -0400 (EDT) Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2003 20:55:38 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <20030613005237.10674.qmail@web14306.mail.yahoo.com> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-4eff@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-4eff@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-4eff@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: tom zurinskas <tzurinskas@yahoo.com> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-4eff@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-4EFF:2378] reading is phonological X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Status: O Content-Length: 2547 Lines: 67 Thanks Andres, Just found this article on the brain and reading which says that the reading part of the brain is the phonological part. http://online.wsj.com/article_email/0,,SB105339428993676600-H9jeoNmlaZ2oZ2sZHyIcaWJm5,00.html "Kids go through different stages in reading," said Guinevere Eden, director of the Center for the Study of Learning at Georgetown University in Washington, and senior researcher on the study The researchers used magnetic resonance imaging to watch the brain function of 41 people from age six to 22 while they read. MRIs are increasingly used to discover what parts of the brain are active when various tasks are performed, by watching the change in blood flow as active parts of the brain quickly get replenished with oxygen. As is frequently the case when performing complex tasks, activity in various regions of the brain lights up the scans, rather than focusing on a single zone. The researchers found that young readers, while using areas on both sides of the brain, differ from older readers in their use of an area in the right hemisphere associated with visual images. "Young kids probably do look at words as if they were pictures,” said Peter Turkeltaub, lead researcher on the study. For instance, very young children may first learn the word "stop" from its position inside stop signs, he said. But this image-related region of the brain declines in function in older readers, who put greater emphasis on regions of the left hemisphere associated with phonological skills that allow readers to map the sounds of words to written symbols. In general, the left side of the brain is more associated with language, and the right side with visual and spatial navigation The study was financed by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, an arm of the National Institutes of Health. Reid Lyon, chief of the child development and behavior branch of NICHD, said the research "helps us fit the pieces together" in understanding dyslexia. The current understanding indicates that several deficits can occur in dyslexia. Importantly, the research supports the theory that a breakdown in matching sounds to written words is a key part of reading problems. Tom Zurinskas ===== Read all about truespel at truespel.com. Convert text to truespel USA accent by copy/pasting it at: http://www.foreignword.com/dictionary/truespel/transpel.htm __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Calendar - Free online calendar with sync to Outlook(TM). http://calendar.yahoo.com
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