Dyslexia Linked to Differences in Brain Circuitry
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Differences in the physical makeup of the brain could help explain why children with dyslexia have trouble with written language despite being able to handle other intellectual tasks, new research suggests. Researchers from Vanderbilt University, Johns Hopkins University and Kennedy Krieger Institute used MRI brain-scanning technology to study dyslexia. They found signs linking dyslexia to structural differences in a bundle of fibers — part of the brain’s white matter — that allow communication between cells in the left-hemisphere language network of the brain.
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