Scientists have found that the brain of children with dyslexia takes longer to process visual information … An article by scientists published in the Journal of Neuroscience.
In their experiment, experts from Australia, the UK, the Netherlands and the United States asked 100 children aged six to 14 – 50 with dyslexia and 50 without it – to determine the general direction moving points. During the assignment, each participant underwent electroencephalography to study brain activity.
The researchers found that children with dyslexia took longer to identify visual information, and the accuracy of their answers was less than that of their peers … Their brain activity also differed. While the synchronized activity of the parietal regions of the brain increased during the performance of the task in all participants, this occurred more slowly in children with dyslexia.
“In order to find out if training can improve reading skills Further research will be needed to address these differences in visual processing and decision-making, or to explain the causes of dyslexia, ”laments Katie Manning, one of the authors of the work, Lead Research Fellow at the Center for Autism Spectrum Disorders at the University of Reading. The researchers note that their work suggests a link between dyslexia and movement processing, although the reasons for this remain unclear.