Hyperlexia first appeared in the literature in a 1967 paper describing young children with reading skills exceeding their language comprehension skills (Silberberg & Silberberg, 1967). The initial ...

One of the special and proud moments for a parent is when their child starts to learn, speak and read. Every parent dreams of a brilliant child but that is not something under our control. Some ...

Georgetown University Medical Center researchers have published the first ever fMRI study of hyperlexia, a rare condition in which children with some degree of autism display extremely precocious ...

A couple of months ago, I was speaking with a friend of mine who was telling me about her nephew. Apparently, her 3-year-old nephew is fascinated with numbers and letters and can read single words. I ...

At first, we need to understand what is hyperlexia? Hyperlexia is precocious ability to read words without prior training in learning to read, typically before 5 years of age. Children with hyperlexia ...

No one taught him to read, but Alex, who is now 11, learned on his own to organize letters in alphabetical order while he was still a toddler. He has never had to study for a spelling bee. "When he ...

This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American The headlines read “New study suggests autism ...

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