Study: Reading intervention improved brain function Researchers
at Carnegie Mellon University found intensive reading programs
actually improved brain performance - and physically rewired the
brains - of struggling readers, according to research published
this month in the journal Neuron. "Brain imaging of children
between the ages of 8 and 10 showed 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," writes ScienceDaily. "After the training, imaging
indicated that the capability of the white matter to transmit
signals efficiently had increased, and testing showed the
children could read better." "This opens a new era of being able
to see the brain wiring change when an effective instructional
treatment is applied," one of the researchers told ScienceDaily.
"It lets us see educational interventions from a new
perspective." Now, if we could only