Functional magnetic resonance imaging and spectroscopic imaging of the brain: Application of fMRI and fMRS to reading disabilities and education

This tutorial/review covers functional brain-imaging methods and results us ed to study language and reading disabilities. Although the main focus is o n functional MRI and functional MR spectroscopy, other imaging techniques a re discussed briefly such as positron emission tomography (PET), electroenc ephalography (EEG), magnetoencepholography (MEG), and MR diffusion imaging. These functional brain-imaging studies have demonstrated that dyslexia is a brain-based disorder and that serial imaging studies can be used to study the effect of treatment on functional brain activity.