http://www.physorg.com/ en-us Physorg.com internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Physics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine. Intel Corporation today announced the Intel Reader, a mobile handheld device designed to increase independence for people who have trouble reading standard print. http://www.physorg.com/news177146151.html Electronics Wed, 11 Nov 2009 07:30:02 EST news177146151 A new candidate gene for Specific Language Impairment has been identified by a research team directed by Mabel Rice at the University of Kansas, in collaboration with Shelley Smith, University of Nebraska Medical Center, and Javier Gayán of Neocodex, Seville, Spain. The finding, reported in the current issue of the Journal of Neurodevelopmental Disorders, was discovered by examining genes previously identified as candidate genes for reading impairments or speech sound disorders. The results point toward the likelihood of multiple genes contributing to language impairment, some of which also contribute to reading or speech impairment. http://www.physorg.com/news170597022.html Medicine & Health Thu, 27 Aug 2009 13:20:01 EST news170597022 Children`s early reading experience is critical to the development of their lifelong reading skills a new study from the University of Leicester has discovered. http://www.physorg.com/news160816292.html Medicine & Health Wed, 06 May 2009 08:12:24 EST news160816292 Most people are expert readers, but it is something of an enigma that our brain can achieve expertise in such a recent cultural invention, which lies at the interface between vision and language. Given that the first alphabetic scripts are thought to have been invented only around four to five thousand years it is unlikely that enough time has elapsed to allow the evolution of specialized parts of the brain for reading. While neuroimaging techniques have made some progress in understanding the neural underpinning of this essentially cultural skill, the exact unfolding of brain activity has remained elusive. http://www.physorg.com/news160048496.html Medicine & Health Mon, 27 Apr 2009 10:55:29 EST news160048496 African-American and Hispanic students placed in ability groups for reading instruction learned less compared to demographically similar minority students who weren't grouped by ability, a new study by a University of Illinois expert in the sociology of education found. http://www.physorg.com/news159540060.html Other Sciences Tue, 21 Apr 2009 13:41:21 EST news159540060 In the great green room, there was a telephone, and a red balloon, and a picture of…" http://www.physorg.com/news157310653.html Medicine & Health Thu, 26 Mar 2009 18:24:57 EST news157310653 Children exposed to a multi-year programme of music tuition involving training in increasingly complex rhythmic, tonal, and practical skills display superior cognitive performance in reading skills compared with their non-musically trained peers, according to a study published today in the journal Psychology of Music, published by SAGE. http://www.physorg.com/news156425306.html Medicine & Health Mon, 16 Mar 2009 12:29:34 EST news156425306 (PhysOrg.com) -- UK scientists have discovered a fingerprint'`developer' which can highlight invisible prints on almost any surface - and read the text of a letter just from the envelope it was sent in. http://www.physorg.com/news145517878.html Chemistry Mon, 10 Nov 2008 05:37:58 EST news145517878 It is not surprising that people are more willing to participate in a task if it does not require too much effort. What is interesting, however, is the way we determine just how easy a task will be and therefore, how motivated we are to complete it. New research from University of Michigan psychologists Hyunjin Song and Norbert Schwarz investigates how thinking about a task (i.e., how complex or simple it will be) affects our attitude toward the task itself. http://www.physorg.com/news144580532.html Medicine & Health Thu, 30 Oct 2008 10:15:32 EST news144580532 A typical characteristics of children's linguistic development are early signs of the risk of developing reading and writing disabilities, or dyslexia. New research points to preventive exercises as an effective means to tackle the challenges children face when learning to read. The results achieved at the Centre of Excellence in Learning and Motivation Research were presented at the Academy of Finland's science breakfast on 21 August. http://www.physorg.com/news139050718.html Medicine & Health Wed, 27 Aug 2008 10:11:58 EST news139050718 From nursery rhymes to Shakespearian sonnets, alliterations have always been an important aspect of poetry whether as an interesting aesthetic touch or just as something fun to read. But a recent study suggests that this literary technique is useful not only for poetry but also for memory. http://www.physorg.com/news136632182.html Medicine & Health Wed, 30 Jul 2008 10:23:02 EST news136632182