READING IS NOT SPINACH – A BRAIN-BOOSTING DIET FOR THOSE WHO DON’T LIKE GREENS

With Nicola Morganwww.nicolamorgan.comAmbassador for Dyslexia Scotland(Presentation for use of delegates at DS conference only.Copyright © Nicola Morgan)

Dylesxia Scotland Conference

(Not a tasteless joke – this is how I typed the title to my notes…)

Matthew H. Schneps:An astrophysicist with dyslexia

Scientific American Mind, Aug 19th 2014“The Advantages of Dyslexia”Bet he canspell it, too

“…reading changes the structure of the brain. An avid reader might read for an hour or more a day, day in and day out for years on end. This highly specialized repetitive training, requiring an unnaturally precise, split-second control over eye movements, can quickly restructure the visual system so as to make some pathways more efficient than the others.” (From article referenced on previous slide)

Article in Sciam Mind Aug 2014by Stephen M Fleming: “Metacognition Is the Forgotten Secret to Success”

“Insight into our own thoughts, or metacognition,

is the key to high achievement in all domains”

Stephen M Fleming (Reference on previous slide)

Eat your greens

“People with dyslexia are like people who can’t stand greens in a world where eating greens is essential to survival and where they have to eat spinach every single day. Forever.”

Nicola Morgan

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And all that in 1.4kg of squishy stuff…

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