No Brain Left Behind
Tuesday, July 20th, 2010
The next Learning and the Brain Conference takes place in Boston in Nov, 2010. I attended the Feb. 2010 conference. It was fascinating…a mix of researchers, therapists, teachers and physicians. Much of the research presented only confirmed the work we have been doing for more than 30 years in vision therapy. Many of the recommended [...]
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The Visuality of Reading Part II
Thursday, June 24th, 2010
Dr. Press continues in his blog about the Visuality of Reading. He quotes Dr. Oliver Sachs, neurologist & author of forthcoming book, The Mind’s Eye, “We normally think of reading as a seamless, indivisible act … reading in fact involves a number of separate processes and stages from basic perceptual processes to higher level abilities [...]
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The Visuality of Reading
Thursday, June 24th, 2010
Dr. Len Press, my esteemed colleague, writes in his blog about Oliver Sach’s latest “A Neurologist Notebook” piece in the New Yorker Magazine (June 28, 2010). Per Dr. Press’ blog: “Oliver Sacks, a neurologist and man of letters, is well-known to the vision community through his essays in The New Yorker Magazine. Oliver’s depiction of [...]
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Wii Technology Helps Brain Injuries
Wednesday, June 23rd, 2010
Neuroplasticity research shows that brain cells can sprout new neurons after brain injury-even with adults. Vision rehabilitation, provided by optometrists trained in Vision Therapy, have been successfully treating the visual consequences after brain injury. Visual symptoms include: Difficulty with reading, blurred vision, double vision, visual spatial and balance difficulties, poor eye-hand coordination, decreased visual memory. [...]
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Learning & the Brain Research-Join Me
Tuesday, May 25th, 2010
Many of you have requested information regarding the Learning & the Brain Conference that I attended in Feb. 2010 in San Francisco. This is a national interdisciplinary scientific and education conference that attempts to bring together some of the latest research on education. Next year’s conference is in Cambridge, MA Nov 19-21. Bottom line, when one of [...]
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