ABSTRACT
Reading disabilities are demonstrated by atypical reading behaviors and presumed cognitive irregularities. These effects could be attributed to a range of factors or conditions, and necessary conditions could likely include multiple factors. But in the disabilities literature the cause of reading disabilities as indicated by these behaviors and cognitive efforts is often localized in the brain. Neuroscience is the eld of study concerned with the structure and function of the human brain, the most complex example of any known neurological system. The brain’s tens of billions of nerve cells, or neurons, enable its possessor to think, plan, listen-and read. When the brain develops improperly, or is traumatized or stricken of its oxygen supply, its capacity to think, plan, listen, and read may be adversely affected. Thus, a fuller understanding of what enables normal reading, and how the reading disability literature describes the ways this can break down, should include a review of some fundamental concepts from neuroscience.
