All Posts: dyslexia

• Art Installation Illustrates Dyslexic Brains at Work

  (January 14, 2021) — When a person practices a skill, the neural representations in the relevant parts of the brain change, allowing the person to perform the skill better. Research by Guinevere Eden, PhD, a Georgetown University professor of pediatrics and the director of the Center for the Study of Learning, found that the same […]

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: brain, brain plasticity, brain research, dyslexia, neuroimaging, neuroscience

• Finding Upends Theory about the Cerebellum’s Role in Reading and Dyslexia

  WASHINGTON (October 9, 2019) — New brain imaging research debunks a controversial theory about dyslexia that can impact how it is sometimes treated, Georgetown University Medical Center neuroscientists say. The cerebellum, a brain structure traditionally considered to be involved in motor function, has been implicated in the reading disability known as developmental dyslexia. However, this […]

  Category: News Release Tags: biomedical research, dyslexia, learning disabilities, neuroimaging, neuroscience

• Researcher Analyzes Potential Connection Between Reading and Math Disabilities

  Guinevere Eden, D.Phil., director of the Center for the Study of Learning at Georgetown University Medical Center, will start a four-year study to investigate a potential link between the reading disability dyslexia and math disability dyscalculia.

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: brain, dyscalculia, dyslexia

• Brain Study Shows Dyslexia Impacts Mathematical Processing

  WASHINGTON – In the first known study of its kind, researchers have identified brain activity that links dyslexia to difficulty with math. The findings from the Georgetown University Medical Center study are published in the Nov. 1 issue of the journal Neuroimage, now online.

  Category: News Release Tags: brain, dyscalculia, dyslexia, learning disabilities