Research abstract

Dyslexic Advantage Visits UW Brain Research Lab – Subjects Wanted

A brain research lab explores the differences and impacts of dyslexia on different populations of students. Read about the great things that this place intends to examine! Best of all, they are looking for volunteers to help with the research! By Fernette Eide

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As University of Washington welcomes newest addition to their research ranks, along with Jason Yeatman, Patrick Donnelly from Boston, they are looking for research subjects relating to reading intervention. Candidates for research subjects are students of 8 to 11 years of age who can stay still long enough for brain scan pictures to be taken.

Research such as this may be valuable for helping teachers understand individual differences among learners and how to differentiate curriculum.

Students accepted into this research will be compensated $60 for their participation in this research. They will have their brain scanned in non-radioactive way and they can take home their brain pictures after study is done. They will also participate in 6 weeks of reading intervention. And this research does not use any polling method in their study.

Key takeaways

  1. Jason and Patrick recruit research subjects for their research involving reading intervention.
  2. Jason has a great interest in individual learning differences.
  3. Research involves no pokes, potentially free reading tutoring and non-radioactive head scans.

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