Thursday 10 August 2017

From discovering to better understanding the relationship between brain and behavior


brain research impact factorHumans have always had the tendency to observe events occurring in their environment and explain them. This systematic involvement and the development of investigative methods for various phenomena have led to the emergence of several scientific fields and the knowledge we possess now a days.
The present study focuses on interpretations of behavioral phenomena over the centuries and on the factors contributing to them. Although the role played by the brain in behavior had been recognized since antiquity, it took a long time for this relationship to become widely accepted. Brain-behavior relationship was established as a result of accumulation of scientific evidence and has only recently been founded as an independent scientific field.

Thursday 3 August 2017

The role of tomatis sound therapy in the treatment of difficulties in reading in children with developmental dyslexia


psychology journal articles
Children with developmental dyslexia present problems in reading and other processes related to phonology aspects. Nowadays, 3–11% children and adolescent suffer from difficulties in reading and others related skills. If there are any dysfunctions in one of the pathways going to the frontal cortex (in particular pre-motor regions), then they might be reduced by stimulating the alternative pathway or by changing the kind of stimuli. One of the previous researches has shown the influence of music on the performance in a subsequent language task requiring syntax processing. Therefore music may be used as therapeutic interventions or educational practices.