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Recent Research on Brain Development and Reading Skills

Full text of the following articles may be available through the  Michigan eLibrary (MeL) or articles and books may be requested at your local public library.

 

Bower B. "Learning to Read Evokes Hemispheric Trade-off." Science News 163:21 (May 24, 2003), p. 324-5.

 

Goswami, Usha. "Phonology, Reading Development, and Dyslexia: A Cross-Linguistic Perspective." Annals of Dyslexia v. 52 (2002), p. 141-63.

 

Klass, P.E; Needleman, R.; and B. Zuckerman.  "The Developing Brain and Early Learning: The United States' Reach Out and Read Model."  Archives of Disease in Childhood 88:8 (Aug 2003), p. 651ff. 

 

Molfese, Victoria J. "Environmental and Social Influences on Reading Skills as Indexed by Brain and Behavioral Responses." Annals of Dyslexia v. 52 (2002), p. 121-37.

 

Molfese, Dennis L. "Reading and Cognitive Abilities: Longitudinal Studies of Brain and Behavior Changes in Young Children." Annals of Dyslexia v. 52 (2002), p. 99-119.

 

Molfese, Victoria J., Molfese, Dennis L. and Arlene A. Modgline. "Newborn and Preschool Predictors of Second-Grade Reading Scores: An Evaluation of Categorical and Continuous Scores." (Statistical data included.) Journal of Learning Disabilities 34:6 (Nov-Dec 2001), p 545 ff.

 

Ortiz, Robert W. "Pivotal Parents: Emergent Themes and Implications on Father Involvement in Children's Early Literacy Experiences." Reading Improvement 38:3 (Fall 2001), p. 132 ff.

 

Seita, Lori Perkins. "New Advances in Brain Research." Reclaiming Children and Youth 10:4 (Winter 2002), p. 236-9.

Sousa, David. How the Brain Learns to Read, Corwin Press, 2004.

Wolf, Maryanne. Proust and the Squid: The Story and Science of the Reading Brain, Harper Perennial, 2008.



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