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\t\t\t\tBy Michael McCauley<\/strong>\n\nResearchers recently set out to answer a question that dogs educators and parents:\n\nWhy are some kids better readers than others?\n\nThey used functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging <\/a>\u00a0(fMRI) to study the brain activity of both high and low performing readers.\u00a0\u00a0Brain activity turned out to be significantly different in the two groups. \u00a0\n\nThis raised another question: Could the brains of the low performing readers be somehow “trained” to mimic the same brain activity as the high performers? The researchers set about developing a software program, called “Fast ForWord,” to specifically address this question.\u00a0 It turns out that language acquisition has to do with how the brain “hears” and interprets sounds. The software was designed to deliver acoustically modified speech that helped students learn. Over time, new synapses were formed in the brains of the learners, allowing improved language processing. The results were staggering. Initial students that used the software in one-hour daily labs showed significant improvement; there was an \u00a0average reading level gain of eight months in 29 days.\n\nThis research has implications for early learning, but it also has implications for businesses. It demonstrates in a very tangible and measurable way that the brain is trainable. The tired adage that “old dogs can’t learn new tricks” doesn’t apply any more. Given the right stimulus, we can now “train” the brains of lower performers to mimic the activity of top performers, even at an early age. A similar approach can be used to help lower performers in business think and act like the highest performers.]]>\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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