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D'Arcangelo, Marcia – Educational Leadership, 1999
In this interview, a neuroscientist explains possible applications of brain-imaging techniques to diagnose children's reading difficulties. When good readers do phonologic processing, they activate areas in the back and front of their brains. The brain systems of poorer readers process incoming print information differently. (MLH)
Descriptors: Brain, Decoding (Reading), Elementary Education, Identification