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The brain’s functioning is so complex that multiple areas and systems of neural connections must work together for any task. For example, brain scans of adults doing related language activities—listening, reading out loud, reading silently, and thinking up words—show activity scattered all over the brain, depending on the activity. If a child’s brain is not prepared—either by maturation or experience—to function in this complex manner, learning may be difficult and frustrating.

Quote ID: 01789

Author

Jane Healy

Source

Your Child’s Growing Mind

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