Reading acceleration training changes brain circuitry in children with reading difficulties

Brain and Behavior

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 886-902

  Horowitz Kraus, Tzipi ^a   Vannest, Jennifer J ^a   Kadis, Darren ^a   Cicchino, Nicole ^a   Wang, Yingying Y ^a   Holland, Scott K ^a  

^a CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Dyslexia; Fluency; Imaging; Reading

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR ASSESSMENT; BRAIN FUNCTION; CHILD; DECISION MAKING; DYSLEXIA; FEMALE; FLUENCY DISORDER; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVENTION STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; READING; READING ACCELERATION PROGRAM; SCHOOL CHILD; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAINING; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; COMPREHENSION; LANGUAGE TEST; LEARNING; NERVE TRACT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SIGNAL PROCESSING; TIME;

BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CHILD; COMPREHENSION; DYSLEXIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE TESTS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PRACTICE (PSYCHOLOGY); READING; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84911410581     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21623279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/brb3.281     Document Type: Article

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