Reading and the Cerebellum
Whilst looking for something else I found this study The cerebellum’s role in reading: a functional MR imaging study. It looked at the role cerebellum plays in normal adults and found:
The cerebellum is engaged during reading and differentially activates in response to phonologic and semantic tasks. These results indicate that the cerebellum contributes to the cognitive processes integral to reading.
This supports movement based treatments such as Dore or Learning Breakthrough.
Find Out More:
Books:
- Overcoming Dyslexia: A New and Complete Science-Based Program for Reading Problems at Any Level
- Making the Brain Body Connection: A Playful Guide to Releasing Mental, Physical & Emotional Blocks to Success
- Teaching Conversation to Children With Autism: Scripts And Script Fading (Topics in Autism) (Topics in Autism)
- Emotional Control Equals Physical Control?
- Physical Activities for Improving Children’s Learning and Behavior
May 9th, 2006
Balance & Coordination, Dore Achievement Centres, Dyslexia
Comments on: Reading and the Cerebellum
Myomancy, I’ve been reading your posts with great interest.
My colleague is dyslexic and we have just launched a reading programme that helps everybody read on-screen faster. However, it seems to have a particular benefit for dyslexics. I’d be very interested in your opinion. It helps make every webiste suitable for reading as well – so that it can achieve the aims of the Well Adjusted campaign in another way.
You can download it at:
http://www.readpal.com/one/dyslexia.htm
You can get it for free if you ‘purchase’ it with the coupon LOUIS100 this coupon should be valid for about a week.
I hope you find it very useful and please let me know what you think.
Thanks and all the best,
Louis
Posted by: Louis Crowe May 9th, 2006 at 10:22 pm
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