Neuroscience of Learning An Introduction to Mind, Brain ...Neuroscience of Learning An Introduction...

Spring,2016

NeuroscienceofLearningAnIntroductionto

Mind,Brain,Health,andEducation

Section:Reading&DyslexiaJuliaVolkman,TeachingAssistant&ALMCandidateHarvardUniversityExtensionSchool(PSYCE-1609)

March22,2016

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TheNobelPrize&severedyslexia

2Schnepps, M..LaboratoryforVisualLearning, Harvard-Smithsonian Center forAstrophysics

Carol Greidershared 2009 Nobel Prize for Physiology (telomeres and

chromosomes)

Baruj Benacerraf1980 Nobel Prize for

Medicine (Immunology)

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Dyslexia&astrophysics

Spring,2016 4http://www.learner.org/courses/neuroscience/

Spring,2016 5http://labvislearn.org/research/publications/

Dr.MatthewSchneps

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IQandlanguagedevelopmentappeartobeuncoupledindyslexia

6Ferreretal.,(2010);Shaywitz,Weiss,Saklofske,&Shaywitz(2015)

Spring,2016 Kapoula, Ruiz,Spector, Mocorovii, Gaertner, etal.,2016 7

Dyslexicadolescentsratedhigheroncreativitythantypicallydevelopingadolescents

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Entrepreneurswithdyslexia

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Poll:Whatpart(s)ofthebraindoweusetoread?

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Thereadingnetwork

Pegado,etal.2014 10

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Anotherlookatthereadingnetwork

11Dehaene,2009

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Poll:Canyouloseyourleftoccipitallobeandstillread?

Dehaene,2009 12

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YES!Thebraincanovercome…

At Age 11

Dehaene,2009

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Poll

• Doyoungreadersusemorecortexthanskilledreaders?

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Typically,specializedlanguageareasdevelopandlateralizeovertimebasedonexperience

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Age 11 Age 38

Gaillard,2012;Kersey&James,2014

• Longer/refined connections are more efficient (like well-formed highways rather than meandering trails)

• Right hemispheric regions are recruited in early learners but less and less as expertise grows

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Poll

• Readingnetworks&dyslexia…

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Readingnetworksaredifferentindyslexia

17Finn,2013

Red =Non-impairedreader>Dyslexicreader

Blue =Dyslexicreader>Non-impairedreader

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Connectivityisdifferentintypicalversusdyslexicreaders

18Finn,2013

Red =Non-impairedreader>Dyslexicreader

Blue =Dyslexicreader>Non-impairedreader

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Connectivitydifferencesareseeninchildrenatriskfordyslexiabefore18monthsofage

19Langer,etal.,2015

FHD+=FamilyHistoryofDyslexia FHD- =NoFamilyHistoryofDyslexia

Axonal tracts of the arcuate fasciculus (connecting Broca’s area with Wernicke’s area) have decreased white matter in FHD+ infants

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Whyaretheresuchdifferencesinthesenetworks?

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Wordsareprocessedaswholewordsorphonologically

Dehaene,2009

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Longroutetaxesworkingmemory:thephonologicalbuffer

Baddeley,2000

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Whataretheimplicationsofthisheavyworkingmemoryload?

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Dyslexiaisvariable:Afewpossiblerootcauses

• Magnocellulartheory(visualprocessingatypicalities)• Impairedvisualattention• Impairedauditoryprocessing

24Goswami,2015

A PHONOLOGICAL DEFICIT is a core component in most forms of dyslexia

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Howthevisualsystemworks(oversimplified)

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Dorsalstream=location…”where”pathway

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Ventralstream=thing…”what”pathway

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VWFAisintheventralstream

Visual Word Form Area (VWFA)

Dehaene, 2009

Whenwelearntoread,weretrainpartoftheface

area(FFA)intoonethatspecializesin

letters

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Thereisacost…Illiterateadultsarebetterarerecognizingfacesthanliterateadults

29Dehaene,2010

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WhatdoestheVWFA do?

Itandthenetworkedregionsbeforeandafterenable“…therapidrecognitionofstringsoflettersandtheir

translationintosequencesofsounds.”

Dehaeneetal.,2015,p237

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WhydoestheVWFAmatterindyslexia?

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“RD[ReadingDisability]oftenhasageneticbasisandhasbeenassociatedwithacommon

neurobiologicalmarker—thefailuretodevelopafunctionallyspecializedvisual-word

formarea(VWFA)…”

32Pugh,2006,p448

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Magnocellulartheory

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Visualmagnocellularsystem

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Magnocellulartheory:Visualatypicalities

“…Reading canbedisruptedinpatientswith20/20vision[because]…readingisacomplextaskthatinvolvesaninterplayamongvision,eyemovements,attention,and

linguisticprocessing.”

35Rodriguez &Barton, 2015

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Magnocellulartheory:Visualatypicalities

“…Readingcanbedisruptedinpatientswith20/20vision[because]…readingisacomplextaskthatinvolvesaninterplayamongvision,eyemovements,attention,and

linguisticprocessing.”

36Rodriguez &Barton, 2015

What are the possibilities for intervention?

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Impairedvisualattention

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Dorsalattentionnetwork

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ImpairedvisualattentionmayinvolvetheVWFA

TheVWFAhasstrongerconnectionstothedorsalvisualattentionnetworkthantothereadingnetwork

39Vogeletal.,2011

Blue =Readingnetwork Green =Visualattentionnetwork(dorsal)

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WhataretheimplicationsofaVWFAtrafficjamonthedevelopmentofthereadingnetwork?

• Hint#1:Practicemakespermanent.• Hint#2:Themindismadebytheworkofthehand.

Visual Word Form Area (VWFA)

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Theauditoryprocessingnetwork

http://therapeuticliteracycenter.com/what-we-offer/apd-and-brain-pathways/

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Impairedauditoryprocessing

Decreasedabilitytohearclearlyassoundintensitychangesovertime(thinkofaclassicalmusicpiecethatgoesfrom

pianotoforte…risetime)

Goswami,2015;Hämäläinen,etal.,2012

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Impairedauditoryprocessing

• Troublewithrise-time(theupwardmovingpartofamplitude)ispredictiveoffuturereadingdifficulty

• Behavioral evidenceofrise-timedifficulty:• Impairedmusicalrhythm• Timingdifferencesinsyllableproduction

Goswami, 2015

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Poll

Symptomsofdyslexia

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Whatdoyouthinkwouldhelp?

https://dyslexickids.wordpress.com/2013/06/26/dyslexia-mind-map/

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Dyslexiainterventions

• RepeatingReading:Somesmallevidence• SpellingMastery:Somesmallevidence• LindaMoodPhonemeSequencing:Moderateevidence• OrtonGillingham:Notmuchevidence• FastForward:Mixedevidence• Computertraining:Growingevidence

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Motorpracticemayimprovevisualattention

https://www.leportschools.com/images/blog/learning-to-write-right/montessori-preschool-huntington-beach-writing-on-chalk-board.jpg

Kersey&James,2013,p11

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Andtheapps!

Spring,2016 http://labvislearn.com/compassionate-technology/ 49

MIT&compassionatetech

Spring,2016 http://labvislearn.com/e-readers/ 50

Casestudy:BrettBurlison

Spring,2016 http://www.voicedream.com/reader/ 51

E-reader

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IsitcheatingtouseanE-reader?

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Casestudy:Holly

“Ithought Iwasilliterate. Ifoundessaywritingreallyhard.Therewasnothingmorefrustratingthanknowingwhatyouwantedtowrite,methodicallyconstructingalogicalplan,tickingalltherelevantcheckpointsandthenthefinalessay

tobesomewhatunrepresentative ofwhatwasinitiallyintended.”

http://www.dyslexiaaction.org.uk/case-studies/holly 54

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Casestudy:Holly

WhathelpedinHS:o Technologyo Tests:areader,scribe,andmoretime

Whathelpedincollege:o A universitymentoro Twomonthsextratimeforherdissertation

o A laptopwithassistivetechnologysoftware

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HollyrecentlygraduatedfromcollegewithadegreeinPhysicalEducation

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Casestudy:Tom

• 8yearsold• Can’tconstructCVCwords• Can’trecallsightwords• Readsqfory• Soundsoutdressasbrss• Frustrated

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Casestudy:Tom

Interventionplan• Memory(auditoryandvisual,toincludesequentialmemory)

• Developingasightwordstore• Securingphoneme-graphemecorrespondence• Alphabeticknowledge

…What’smissing???

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Casestudy:Grace

• Troublewithvisualscanning,processing,andworkingmemory.

• Difficultieswithspellingandsequencingforproblemsolving.

• Strongverbalskillsandartisticabilities.• Learnswellwithcolorandwhenherhandsareoccupied.

• Struggleswithnotetaking(duetodifficultieswithspellingandvisualscanningassheswitchesfromthefrontoftheroomtoherpaper)

• Difficultykeepingupwithlecture(gets“lost”)• Lookslikeshe’sdaydreaming…

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Casestudy:Grace

• Troublewithvisualscanning,processing,andworkingmemory.

• Difficultieswithspellingandsequencingforproblemsolving.

• Strongverbalskillsandartisticabilities.• Learnswellwithcolorandwhenherhandsareoccupied.

• Struggleswithnotetaking(duetodifficultieswithspellingandvisualscanningassheswitchesfromthefrontoftheroomtoherpaper)

• Difficultykeepingupwithlecture(gets“lost”)• Lookslikeshe’sdaydreaming…


What are the possibilities?

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Casestudy:Grace

• NotDaydreaming:Desperatelywantstoblendinwithherpeers(soshelookedtothemtoseewhatshewassupposedtobedoing)

• Abletofollowalonginbooksthatshecouldhighlightandmakedoodlesandnotesinthemarginsduringthelecture;thisfreedherattentiontofocusonthelectureandgavehernotestorefertolater


Spring,2016

Casestudy:Amy

• Enjoyscreativewriting,fashion,andart

• Extremelybrightandhasastrongmemory

• Benefitsfromrule-basedinstruction.Ifyoutellheraruleonce,shewillbeabletoreciteittoyouthenexttimeyouseeher.

• Shedelightsinbeingabletobetheteacherandteachtherulesherselforcorrectothers’errors.

• Amy’sstoriesoftenjumparoundwithoutanycohesionorplot


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Casestudy:Amy

• Visual/editingapproachtostories

• Workonherstorydaily• Useamulti-sensorymodeltoillustratethepartsofastory(character,setting,initiatingevent,internalresponse,plan,andresolution)

• Amydraftedstoriesaboutglamorouspeopleandenjoyedillustratingtheirwardrobes

• Amyrevisedherstories(withguidance)usingthestorytool

• Afterseveralrevisions,sheproducedawell-developedstoryandcolorfulillustrationthatwasframedanddisplayed.


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Casestudy:Ryan

• DiagnosisofPDD-NOSthataffectshislanguage,social,andliteracyskills

• Struggleswithanxiety.• Interests:piratesandtreasure,cooking,watchinghisfavoriteTVshows,anddrama

• Strongmemory• Conveysagreatdealofsocialknowledgewhenheisactingordrawing

• Protestsandshutsdownwhenhehastoreadorwrite

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Casestudy:Ryan• DiagnosisofPDD-NOSthataffectshislanguage,social,andliteracyskills

• Struggleswithanxiety• Struggleswithreadingandfollowingdirections,askingforclarification,andcomprehendingandusingabstractvocabulary

• Protestsandshutsdownwhenhehastoreadorwrite

• Interests:piratesandtreasure,cooking,watchinghisfavoriteTVshows,anddrama

• Strongmemory• Conveysagreatdealofsocialknowledgewhenheisactingordrawing



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Casestudy:Ryan– Socialanxietyreduction

• Watchedshows thattaughtlessonsaboutfriendshiporhada“moraltothestory”

• Tooksomeofthosethemesandstoriesandmodifiedthemintohisownstorythatincludedkidsfromhisschoolandhimselfascharacters

• Illustratedhisstoryandmadeitintoashortbook.

• TherapistsuggestedthatRyanmakehisstoryintoaplay,andthathecouldbethedirector

• Role-playsdonewiththerapisttohelpwithsocialanxiety:greetings,turn-taking,activelistening,problemsolving,andflexibilityforhandlingunforeseencircumstances

• Heinvitedapeertoactinhisplay;Hassincedirectedfourplaysandwrittencountlessothers

• Fiveofhispeershavecomeandactedinhisplays.(Ithasbecomea“cool”thingtodoinRyan’ssocialcircle)

• Gainedconfidenceinrelatingtohispeersandinhisstrengthofwritinganddirectingplays


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Casestudy:Ryan– Sequencing&directions

• Bakingprojects:requiredhimtolocatethedirectionsonthepackage,sequenceandfolloweachstepinasequence,anddeterminethemeaningofnewvocabulary

• Thiscontextuallearningincreasedhisattentionandremovedallanxiety

• Builtonhisstrengthsforbaking• Learningincontextallowedhimtorememberthemeaningsofabstractvocabulary

• Ultimatelyhebroughthisbakedtreatstoothersthusreceivingmorepositivesocialfeedback


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Casestudy:Ryan-Readingpractice

• Scavengerhuntstoboostreadingfordirectionsandvocabularyskills

• Enjoyedthechallengeofcomplexdirectionsbecausetherewasanelementofsurpriseandadventure

• Clearconsequenceifheincorrectlyfollowedthedirections(creatingtheopportunityforRyantoaskfordirectionsorseekclarification)

• Context-basedlearning(i.e.,hewaslookingatafireextinguisherwhenhewasreadingthewordforthefirsttime)waseasytoremember

• Manyconjunctions(but,therefore,so,if)andsequencewords(when,atthesametime,before,after,next)weretargetedmultipletimes,whichledtomastery


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Julia’sTopRecommendations• Bountifulearlyexposuretoorallanguage(includingmusic,rhymes,andpoetry)fromhumanswhocare

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• Explicitearlylessonsonphonemicawarenessandletter-soundcorrespondence

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• Explicitearlylessonsonphonemicawarenessandletter-soundcorrespondence• Ifthey’renotgettingthey’resounds,scheduledaily(justlikebrushingyourteeth,shortbutconsistent)practicewith:

o Hearingthesounds inlanguage(soundgame)o Linkingthesoundsandsymbolsoflanguage(sandpaperletters/movablealphabet)

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• Playmemorytraininggames(e.g.,“bringmeasock”,“bringmesomethingblue”)

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• Playmemorytraininggames(e.g.,“bringmeasock”,“bringmesomethingblue”)• Linktheirintereststothewrittenword(sotheyareinspiredtoperseverewithreadingsomethingtheylove)

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• Makesurethey’regettingenoughsleepandoutdoortime

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• Makesurethey’regettingenoughsleepandoutdoortime• Limitscreentime(oneminuteofreading/everyminuteunassignedscreentime)

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• Makesurethey’regettingenoughsleepandoutdoortime• Limitscreentime(oneminuteofreading/everyminuteunassignedscreentime)• Beginregularstudyofamusicalinstrument

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• Makesurethey’regettingenoughsleepandoutdoortime• Limitscreentime(oneminuteofreading/everyminuteunassignedscreentime)• Beginregularstudyofamusicalinstrument• Lettheparent’sknowit’snottheirfault!But,theycanmakeadifference

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• Makesurethey’regettingenoughsleepandoutdoortime• Limitscreentime(oneminuteofreading/everyminuteunassignedscreentime)• Beginregularstudyofamusicalinstrument• Lettheparent’sknowit’snottheirfault!But,theycanmakeadifference• Focusonthepositives!Letthemknowthateveryonehaschallenges/gifts(nameyours)andeveryonefindsstrategiestoworkwiththem…everythingisworkable.

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Goodluckwithyourwork!

Gradstudents,remembertocompletethe3-2-1!

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