From the University of Florida press release: Parents and pediatricians know that reading to infants is a good thing, but new research shows reading books that clearly name and label people and objects is even…
From the University of Jyväskylä press release: A study conducted at the Department of Psychology at the University of Jyväskylä, Finland and Jyväskylä Centre for Interdisciplinary Brain Research (CIBR) has found that the brain responses…
From the Penn State press release: People who often read on electronic devices may have a difficult time understanding scientific concepts, according to a team of researchers. They suggest that this finding, among others in…
From the Coventry University press release: Children with reading difficulties should be more thoroughly screened for hearing problems, a new report by Coventry University academics has said. The study, funded by the Nuffield Foundation, found…
From the University of Toronto press release: A study by researchers at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE) at the University of Toronto found that four to six-year-olds shared more after listening to…
From the Frontiers press release: Pediatricians, educators, and parents have always agreed on at least one thing: reading to your toddler — early on in life and regularly — is vital to promote language acquisition…
From the Massachusetts Institute of Technology press release: About 20 percent of children in the United States have difficulty learning to read, and educators have devised a variety of interventions to try to help them. Not…
From the Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center press release: While reading to children has many benefits, simply speaking the words aloud may not be enough to improve cognitive development in preschoolers. A new international study,…
From the Kingston University press release: A Kingston University London postgraduate research student has produced a study that examines the effects of reading and watching television on social behaviour — concluding that literature lovers have…