Seeing Into the Reading Brain
Reach Out and Read
English - November 24, 2022 08:00 - 33 minutes - 45.7 MBMedicine Health & Fitness Kids & Family Education for Kids earlychildhoodeducation pediatrics books children earlyreaders librarians literacy reachoutandread reading wellvisits Homepage Download Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Thanks to advances in brain imaging, we can measure reading’s structural and functional benefits. Dr. John Hutton, a pediatrician and assistant professor in the Division of General and Community Pediatrics at Cincinnati Children’s Medical Center, joins us to talk about what we can learn from neuroimaging about how children’s activities can affect their brain structure, and what probably helps — or hinders — children’s development.