A couple of months ago, I was speaking with a friend of mine who was telling me about her nephew. Apparently, her 3-year-old nephew is fascinated with numbers and letters and can read single words. I ...

One of the special and proud moments for a parent is when their child starts to learn, speak and read. Every parent dreams of a brilliant child but that is not something under our control. Some ...

At first, we need to understand what is hyperlexia? Hyperlexia is precocious ability to read words without prior training in learning to read, typically before 5 years of age. Children with hyperlexia ...

Georgetown University Medical Center researchers have published the first ever fMRI study of hyperlexia, a rare condition in which children with some degree of autism display extremely precocious ...