title: Magnetic source imaging studies of dyslexia interventions.
abstract: Rapidly accumulating evidence from functional brain imaging studies indicates that developmental reading disability is associated with a functional disruption of the brain circuits that normally develop to support reading-related processes. This article briefly overviews recent advances in methods that capture the anatomical outline and temporal (dynamic) features of regional brain activation during performance of reading tasks. One of these methods, magnetoencephalography (MEG) or magnetic sources imaging (MSI) is described in more detail in the context of investigations of changes in spatiotemporal patterns of brain activity associated with improvement in reading skills in response to various types of educational interventions.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Crete, Rethymno, Greece.
authors.forename: Panagiotis G
authors.initials: PG
authors.lastname: Simos
authors.forename: Jack M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Fletcher
authors.forename: Carolyn
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Denton
authors.forename: Shirin
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sarkari
authors.forename: Rebecca
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Billingsley-Marshall
authors.forename: Andrew C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Papanicolaou
mesh_terms: D001931:Brain Mapping; D002648:Child; D015928:Cognitive Behavioral Therapy; D004410:Dyslexia / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000534:rehabilitation; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015225:Magnetoencephalography; D008297:Male; D011930:Reaction Time / Q000502:physiology; D011932:Reading