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Brain scans, reading skills tests combo better at predicting kids’ reading problems
By ANI
Monday June 11, 04:22 PMWashington, June 11 (ANI):
Researchers have found that functional brain scans and tests of reading skills when taken together are better at predicting which children will have ongoing reading problems.
The study was conducted by a team of researchers led by led by Fumiko Hoeft at Stanford University School of Medicine.As part of the study, researchers examined 73 Pittsburgh-area children of ages 8 to 12, who were identified as struggling readers, ran for a school year.
The researchers administered standard tests at the start of the year, for early literacy skills, including word identification, fluency, comprehension, vocabulary, efficiency, and phonological processing, this last a critical measure of how well children process the sounds of letters and letter combinations.
Found this article very interesting. Certainly something to think about when looking at reading problems.
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