Brain scans help predict learning problems: study

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Brain scans help predict learning problems: study

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/brain-scans-help-predict-learning-problems-study-163319500.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/yetB9.jPSBoz2RiRsnskUw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_US/News/US-AFPRelax/shutterstock_14.b84bb153753.original.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Brain scans help predict learning problems: study" align="left" title="Brain scans help predict learning problems: study" border="0" /></a>Brain scans may help identify children with learning difficulties much earlier by measuring their short-term memory capacity, according to a Swedish study published Wednesday. The study by a team of researchers at Karolinska Institute, published in the Journal of Neuroscience, showed that it is possible to map the development of short-term memory capacity with Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI scans). &quot;It would be possible in principle to use the MR scanner to predict something about future development that cannot be predicted by psychological tests alone,&quot; neuroscience professor Torkel Klingberg told AFP.</p><br clear="all"/>

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