Activity in regions of the brainstem appear to be modulated by specific characteristics of the speaker's voice, and that this modulation seems to be impaired in children with dyslexia.
A comparison between adult ex-guerrillas that have just completed a literacy program in Spanish and those who have not started one reveals changes in the brain that are exclusive to reading.
Researchers demonstrate a perceptual illusion in which a computer-generated virtual body can be made to feel like one's real body, so that one can feel sensations from it and respond to it as if it were real.
Some minimally conscious and vegetative patients appear to be capable of learning simple associations between two stimuli, and this ability seems to be strongly correlated with subsequent recovery.
