Auditory Processing Disorders of Language

HST.722J/9.044J - Fall 2007
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Auditory Processing Disorders of Language (Gabrieli/Melcher)

Brain areas activated in oral language tasks and exhibiting structural differences between dyslexics and controls (from Eckert 2004).

Papers for discussion

  1. Tallal P, Miller SL, Bedi G, Byma G, Wang X, Nagarajan SS, Schreiner C, Jenkins WM Merzenich MM. Language Comprehension in Language-Learning Impaired Children Improved with Acoustically Modified Speech.  Science 271:81-84 (1996).  PDF  Discussed 10/30

  2. Temple E, Deutsch GK, Poldrack RA, Miller SL, Tallal P, Merzenich MM, Gabrieli JDE. Neural deficits in children with dyslexia ameliorated by behavioral remediation: Evidence from functional MRI.  PNAS 100:2860-2865 (2003).  PDF  Discussed 10/30

  3. Ramus F. Neurobiology of dyslexia: A reinterpretation of the data.  Trends Neurosci 27:720-726.  PDF  Discussed 10/30