[AERNet] print and braille reading processing

[Shari Braund-Elliott]

Hi,
I was at a conference this weekend and one of the presenters mentioned
that researchers at UCLA have found that the tactile and visual pathways
to the brain are the same. She told us that if we wanted to read the
research, that we could google Vision Science and that the UCLA info (as
well as some interesting studies from Berkeley, Harvard and MIT) would
come up.
Good luck,
Shari

mcdermottme at comcast.net (Maureen McDermott) writes:


>Listers,
>I recall at some conference/workshop, it being stated that "print
>reading and braille reading are processed with the same part of the
>brain".  Is there any research that supports this?
>
>I am working with a 5th grade student who is using the Wilson reading
>program in print and I have been doing braille as an "exposure"
>to tactual skills. What I have found is this student  makes the same
>sound/symbol errors in both print and in braille.
>
>I would like to provide supporting documentation that explains to this
>phenomenon to the team . Might others be able to point me in the
>direction of this type of research?
>
>Thanks
>M.McDermott, TVI
>Boston MA
>
>
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Thanks, 
Shari

Shari Braund-Elliott
Itinerant Vision Teacher
Program Department
Orangeville Office
(519) 941-6191 Ext. 396
shari.braund-elliott at ugdsb.on.ca

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