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July 1, 2013Mind & Brain
Video Games May Treat Dyslexia: Honing visual attention boosts reading ability; Michele Solis; Scientific American Mind Volume 24, Issue 3; 10.1038/scientificamericanmind0713-17b; Originally published as "Video Games for Dyslexia" in Scientific American Mind Volume 24, Issue 3

December 5, 2013Mind & Brain
Dyslexia Linked to Brain Communication Breakdown: The brain's language centers struggle to access phonetic information; Helen Shen and Nature magazine

June 4, 2011Mind & Brain
Math Learning Disability as Common as Dyslexia: Research has found that dyscalculia, a learning disability focused around number and math concepts, is as common as dyslexia. Christie Nicholson reports

August 19, 2014Mind & Brain
The Advantages of Dyslexia: With reading difficulties can come other cognitive strengths; Matthew H. Schneps

January 1, 2015Mind & Brain
Dyslexia Can Deliver Benefits: With reading difficulties can come other cognitive strengths; Matthew H. Schneps; Scientific American Mind Volume 26, Issue 1; 10.1038/scientificamericanmind0115-24; Originally published as "The Advantages of Dyslexia" in Scientific American Mind Volume 26, Issue 1

September 27, 2020Neuroscience
How Decoding Dyslexia Can Help Decode the Mind: Most people think it’s only a reading disorder—but it’s also a speech processing disorder; Iris Berent | Opinion

March 1, 1987Mind & Brain
Dyslexia: Mirror writing and similar problems are usually blamed on defects in visual perception, but in truth dyslexia seems to be a complex linguistic deficiency. The remedy is proper instruction in reading...; Frank R. Vellutino; Scientific American Volume 256, Issue 3; 10.1038/scientificamerican0387-34

January 9, 2013Biology
Numbers Games Devised to Aid People with "Dyscalculia": A cognitive scientist who studies numerical cognition and a learning disability likened to dyslexia for mathematics works on identifying its cause as well as ways to help those who suffer from it...; Ewen Callaway and Nature magazine

October 12, 2009Mind & Brain
It's all Chinese to me: Dyslexia has big differences in English and Chinese: Chinese dyslexia may be much more complex than the English variety, according to a new paper published online today in Current Biology . English speakers who have developmental dyslexia usually don't have trouble recognizing letters visually, but rather just have a hard time connecting them to their sounds...; Katherine Harmon

March 1, 2010Mind & Brain
A Sensory Fix for Problems in School: Certain learning disabilities are linked to problems of perception, when the brain misinterprets sensory input. Targeted exercises can help correct these difficulties; Burkhart Fischer; March / April 2010; 10.1038/scientificamericanmind0310-32

October 26, 2011Technology
Bold Stroke: New Font Helps Dyslexics Read [Slide Show]: Dutch researcher designs distinct characters into "Dyslexie" to make it more difficult for dyslexics to rotate, swap and mirror letters and numbers; Jennifer Nalewicki

July 1, 2009Mind & Brain
Genetic Overlap: Sensory quirks share gene regions linked to autism; Andrea Anderson; July/August 2009; 10.1038/scientificamericanmind0709-7a

January 26, 2012The Sciences
Editor's Selections: Roman lead poisoning, Dyslexia, Intelligence in context, and A. bosei's teeth: Part of my online life includes editorial duties at ResearchBlogging.org, where I serve as the Social Sciences Editor. Each Thursday, I pick notable posts on research in anthropology, philosophy, social science, and research to share on the ResearchBlogging.org News site...; Krystal D'Costa

August 24, 2010Mind & Brain
Editor’s Selections: Visual Noise, Aplysia, and Psychopaths: Here are my Research Blogging Editor’s Selections for this week: Livia Blackburne asks what something called “visual noise exclusion” has to do with dyslexia.; Jason G. Goldman

June 9, 2010Mind & Brain
Babies born early--even by a week--are more likely to have special education needs: Premature infants have a known higher risk for poor neurological development, often leading to developmental and educational issues. However, these babies, born before 37 weeks, make up a small number of any generation, and new research shows that the 40 percent of babies born any more than a week before a full 40-week term are also at higher risk for having special education needs during childhood...; Katherine Harmon

September 1, 2011The Sciences
MIND Reviews Books: September/October 2011: September / October 2011; 10.1038/scientificamericanmind0911-68; Originally published as "Books" in September / October 2011

May 24, 2017Neuroscience
For the Illiterate Adult, Learning to Read Produces Enormous Brain Changes: Surprises turn up in scans of the newly literate—a possible boon for dyslexics; Gary Stix

Video Games May Treat Dyslexia