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How do attention skills impact learning to read? We are interested in reading development in struggling readers and children with attention difficulties.  

 

We are recruiting 3rd - 5th graders to participate in our research. Children will come to MIT for two study sessions: one to measure their reading skills, and one for brain imaging. Learn more here.

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These are brains of 4 different kids we've scanned! Everyone's brain is unique.

​Here are some participants exploring their brains!

Meet the Team

Discoveries

A previous study found that readers with dyslexia show different brain activation patterns depending on executive function skills. PubMed >>

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McGovern Institute for Brain Research at MIT

43 Vassar St.

Cambridge, MA, 02139

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