Reading works on the mind in ways that few other activities can. Each page requires focus on words and their meaning, which strengthens the brain like steady training builds muscle. Stories or ...

Many struggling readers are held back by challenges with their working memory. When students cannot retain information long enough to make sense of what they’re reading, comprehension suffers, ...

Parents either did or did not read to their babies in their laps and talk to them so that the babies and toddlers either did or did not pick up reading readiness and some reading skills as easily as ...

Every January, many of us resolve to finally read more. A new book appears on the nightstand, an audiobook gets downloaded, or we dust off an old library card. We keep finding our way back to it ...

What if the brains of younger generations functioned differently from those of their elders? Recent work in neuroscience and education suggests a surprising trend: certain cognitive indicators appear ...