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Brain images of children between the ages of 8 and 10 show that the quality of white matter—the brain tissue that carries signals between areas of grey matter, where information is processed—improved substantially after the children received 100 hours of remedial training. The scan on the left shows the area of compromised white matter (blue area) among poor readers relative to good readers at the beginning of the study. Center scan shows the area where the structural integrity increased (red/yellow area) among poor readers who received instruction. Scan on the right shows that following instruction, there were no differences between the good and poor readers with respect to the integrity of their white matter.
CARNEGIE MELLON (US)—Intensive instruction to improve reading skills in young children actually causes the brain to physically rewire itself, creating new white matter that improves communication within the brain. Continue…
