CDT CDT Neuroscience of Reading & Brain-Based Learning

Question 1

Which brain region is primarily associated with phonological processing deficits in individuals with dyslexia?

Accepted Answer

Left temporoparietal cortex

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Occipital lobe

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Right frontal lobe

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Cerebellum

Question 2

The 'Simple View of Reading' model defines reading comprehension as the product of which two components?

Accepted Answer

Decoding and language comprehension

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Decoding and vocabulary

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Fluency and background knowledge

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Phonemic awareness and syntax

Question 3

Which term describes the brain's ability to reorganize neural pathways as a result of structured literacy intervention?

Accepted Answer

Neuroplasticity

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Neurodegeneration

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Cortical thinning

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Synaptic pruning

Question 4

In Shaywitz's research, which brain reading pathway is UNDERACTIVATED in readers with dyslexia during word recognition tasks?

Accepted Answer

The posterior left-hemisphere occipito-temporal 'word form area'

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The anterior right-hemisphere pathway

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The bilateral cerebellar pathway

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The prefrontal working memory pathway

Question 5

The phonological deficit hypothesis proposes that dyslexia primarily results from:

Accepted Answer

An impaired ability to represent, store, and retrieve the sound structure of words

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Deficient visual processing of letter shapes

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Poor working memory for spatial information

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Slow cerebellar timing of motor sequences

Question 6

Which finding from neuroimaging research BEST supports the effectiveness of Orton-Gillingham based interventions?

Accepted Answer

Post-intervention fMRI shows increased activation in left posterior reading systems, resembling typical readers

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Intervention causes increased right-hemisphere compensatory activation only

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Intervention has no measurable effect on brain activation patterns

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Changes are seen only in the cerebellum after intervention