Brain scans performed on young children could predict their reading ability in later life. Performing brain scans on young children could detect signs of early reading difficulties, such as dyslexia, new research has suggested. Dyslexia is one of the most common learning difficulties, whereby the affected individual typically experiences problems with factors like verbal memory, …
When children with disabilities and learning difficulties such as dyslexia begin school, their behaviour tends to get worse, a new study has suggested. The latest data comes from the Millennium Cohort Study, in which researchers from the Institute of Education, the London School of Economics (LSE) and the National Children’s Bureau analysed information on around …
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The development of language during infancy could be determined by genetic factors, new research has suggested. At around ten to 15 months of age, infants begin to produce words, with their range of vocabulary increasing as they grow older. Typically, a child will have a vocabulary of 50,000 words by the time they finish secondary …
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