Jonathan Fletcher

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At the Arrowsmith School this boy’s brain exercises involved tracing complex lines to stimulate his neurons in the weakened premotor area. Barbara has found that tracing exercises improve children in all three areas—speaking, writing, and reading. By the time the boy graduated, he read above grade level and could read for pleasure for the first time. He spoke more spontaneously in longer, fuller sentences, and his writing improved.
The Brain That Changes Itself: Stories of Personal Triumph from the Frontiers of Brain Science
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