by Dyslexic Advantage Team | | dyslexia, Memory, Premium, Premium Content
In a viral video shared on our Facebook feed, Truth Theory shared the gist of a recent research report in the prestigious journal Neuron. There may be good reason why researchers’ new understanding of memory might make sense for many dyslexic people and why it may...
by Dyslexic Advantage Team | | Being Dyslexic, dyslexia, Famous People with Dyslexia, MIND strengths, Science
“During my youth, I was quite asocial. I had a lot of difficulty with the world. Every ten years, I found, it got a little better. Now things are going quite well.” – Jacques Dubochet There’s no better reminder that awareness needs to include...
by Sarah from Dyslexic Advantage | | Autism, Being Dyslexic, Brain, Math, VIsual
Today, I had a great conversation with Jennifer Plosz, a math teacher currently at the University of Calgary School of Education who is also a talented visualization expert and is dyslexic. She had recently been in touch with Dr. Manuel Casanova, the neuropathologist...
by Sarah from Dyslexic Advantage | | dyslexia, Education, Memory, Premium, Premium Content, School, Strategies, Teachers
When people say they would like to ‘brain train’ or get smarter for school, they often mean they want to make their brains more efficient – so they learn more, but also work less. One of the most straightforward ways to do this is to boost memory – and for most...
by Fernette Eide | | ADD / ADHD, dyslexia, Medication, Reading, Research
In a controversial paper, Dr. Sally Shaywitz and colleagues at the Yale Center for Dyslexia and Creativity and the Eli Lilly Pharmaceutical Company have authored a paper that examines the effect of the norephinephrine uptake inhibitor Atomoxetine (Strattera) on...