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A War with Words

Physiologists Show Dyslexic Brains Activate Differently During Reading

September 1, 2003

Dyslexic children activate different parts of the brain compared to non-dyslexic ones while reading, functional MRI imaging has shown. The study may help explain why dyslexic children visualize words differently and have an impaired ability to sound out words.


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Martha J. Heil
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American Institute of Physics
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