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Volume 155, Number 23 (June 5, 1999)

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Sounds like dyslexia

Disturbances in the brain's ability to perceive sounds may contribute to many cases of lifelong reading difficulties.

References:

Nagarajan, S. . . . M.M. Merzenich. 1999. Cortical auditory signal processing in poor readers. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 96(May 25):6483.

Further Readings:

Bower, B. 1998. Dyslexia tied to disrupted brain network. Science News 153(March 7):150.

Sources:

Michael M. Merzenich
University of California, San Francisco
Keck Center for Integrative Neuroscience
513 Parnassus Avenue, S877
San Francisco, CA 94143-0732

Srikantan Nagarajan
University of California, San Francisco
Keck Center for Integrative Neuroscience
513 Parnassus Avenue, S877
San Francisco, CA 94143-0732

From Science News, Vol. 155, No. 23, June 5, 1999, p. 362. Copyright © 1999, Science Service.

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