How the Brain Learns to Read - Prof. Stanislas Dehaene

Cognitive psychology and neuroscience have begun to dissect the neuronal mechanisms of literacy using brain-imaging techniques. During reading acquisition, our brain circuitry recycles several of its pre-existing visual and auditory areas in order to reorient them to the processing of letters and phonemes. The nature of this "neuronal recycling" process helps explain many of the children's difficulties in learning to read. Our growing understanding of the child's brain has important consequences for how education should be optimally organized.

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[janescognamillo]

Having taught reading for over 30 years---this video validated what I experienced. I presently work in a school system where Guided Reading is used and am heartsick to see how many children are not being serviced.
How can we get to the Powers that be to show them the harm they are doing?
Jane S.

[MrsCalabresesTeachingChannel]

Children require more and more time for more and more letters. We can be very clear at this point - the global shape is NOT used. Amen! Wonderful video! Thank you! 

[fitlearn]

What is missing is how bi-lateral integration of motor skills, quality of sound and vision processing impact on ability to read. The inputs to the brain need to be good for the person to be able to read fluently. Those skills need to be in place ideally before starting to read so that reading early does NOT physically damage the child by rushing to reading too early.

[terriaverill]

So amazing! Thank you for your research. We need you to come to America and talk to our government about this.

[mohamedkamara]

This is useful and exceptionally important. I think learning letter sounds together with their names and blending the sounds go a long way in helping children develop the skill of reading for comprehension. This is the foundation of reading.
Great presentation!

[stephanieking]

Fascinating! This video was required for class, but I found myself writing so many notes and going back to the information out of interest. Thank you for posting, and I will be looking into more teachings from Professor Stanislas Dehaene.

[rabindra]

An excellent presentation by the learned Prof. His research further fortifies the importance of mastering letter-sounds correspondence during the early years of a child. I hope future research will also look into bilingual acquisition and especially into L2 learning.

[AndreaSamadi]

This is a very memorable presentation. I love the video showing how the brain learns to read. When reading with my daughter now, I can imagine the processes that are happening in her brain as she is learning to read, and learning automaticity.

[VijayRajanna]

This is an excellent research, for the fact that the conclusions are not just based on superficial observations of participants' reactions, but they monitor the neural activity inside the brain.

[deb]

This presentation was very interesting regarding the anatomical changes in the brain, and that as one starts to grow in reading, you tend to process letter strings quickly. What stood out to me was that in time, the visual goes directly to the meaning. After all, we read for meaning. When the focus is only on phonics, it can become an abstract process for certain students. In other words, phonics instruction may be targeting a student’s weakness and not their strengths: meaning, morphology and etymology. In conjunction with those essential pieces, it is essential to include the orthographic phonology piece.

[ednalissetteordonezcruz]

Interesante el video. Me gustaría que estuviera en español. Realmente los avances científicos nos brindan luces para seguir mejorando los procesos de enseñanza de la lectoescritura. Aclaré muchas dudas y rompí neuromitos.

[aizhanussenaliyeva]

Also the geometry of the writing process is a critical factor to consider. There is a cognitive difference in memory formation between those who use horizontal writing process and those who use vertical writing process.

[pleasantmemorieseducation-ican]

THIS is just such valuable information for ALL educators around the globe. Thanks so much.👌📚

[richardinhingham]

Love this! BOTH reading is based on excellent instruction AND reinforcement is critical. ALSO age is NOT a barrier to learning to read--but starting early is BETTER.

[noski]

Studying for a test in cognitive neuroscience and this did a great job explaining things. Thanks for uploading!

[ianemmett]

A beautifully structured, articulated and relevant lecture. Brilliant.

[jmcampbell]

YOUR ENGLISH IS INCREDIBLE!! ON TOP OF ALL YOUR OTHER ACCOMPLISHMENTS!!!

[aizhanussenaliyeva]

I am studying the link between motor skills development and verbal logical memory formation.

[mamunurrashid]

//Phonics is superior to whole-word


Thanks!

[aizhanussenaliyeva]

According to my theory, using both hands in the writing process increases the quality of verbal logical memory among infants and toddlers.