All Posts: learning disabilities

• 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

• 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