A new study suggests that some children who are highly verbal and intellectually advanced may still face notable challenges in school if they process information more slowly than expected. Despite ...

Slow processing speed impacts children in a variety of ways. Slow processing speed often has a dramatic impact on school performance and the capacity to keep up with peers. It can negatively impact ...

New research shows that when people listen to speech at different speeds, the auditory cortex does not adjust its timing but instead processes sound in a fixed time window.

Developmental language disorder (DLD) affects around two children in each class. It hinders their acquisition and use of ...

A retrospective study reveals that measures of cognitive function, specifically processing speeds, decline in individuals with sickle cell disease as they grow older. Sickle cell disease (SCD) can ...

The importance of speech and language in children’s academic and social-emotional development cannot be overemphasized. Much of children’s progress across all academic content areas such as social ...