Medical X-Press – Staff Writer
In the debate about nature versus nurture for developing reading skills, cognitive neuroscientists have a clear message: both matter. From infancy, children have a neural scaffolding in place upon which environmental factors refine and build reading skills. In new work being presented today at the Cognitive Neuroscience Society (CNS) virtual meeting, scientists are reporting on these biological and environmental factors—including early screen time—as they uncover biomarkers that can identify children at risk for dyslexia and other reading acquisition disorders.
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