Identify Learning Problems With Brain Scans

Early identification of Learning disorders in children is now possible with brain scans and measurement of their short-term memory capacity, says a Swedish study published on 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). "It would be possible in principle to use ...