Learning more about dyslexia through MRI
A recent article from The Boston Globe examined how doctors are using MRIs to learn more about dyslexia.
Nadine Gaab, PhD, a researcher at Boston Children’s Hospital, explained that it takes far too long for children with dyslexia to be properly diagnosed.
“You have to fail,” Gaab said, as quoted by the Globe. “You have to be unable to learn to read over several years before you get a diagnosis. That has really strong psychological implications, like low self-esteem. Kids think, ‘I’m stupid.’”
By examining the results of MR scans on young children, including infants less than one year old, doctors are gaining a better understanding of how dyslexia affects the brain. Children with a dyslexic parent or older sibling have a 50 percent chance of having dyslexia themselves, and those kids’ scan results are providing researchers with valuable information.
More information on recent research into dyslexia can be found on the Boston Children’s Hospital website.
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