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Nutrition, Environmental Toxins and Computerized EEG: A Mini-Max Approach to Learning Disabilities

R.W. Thatcher, PhD, is Professor and Director of the Applied Neuroscience Research Institute at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore and the University of Maryland School of Medicine. He received his PhD in Neuropsychology from the University of Waterloo.

M. L. Lester, PhD

M.L. Lester, PhD, is Research Coordinator for the Applied Neuroscience Research Institute and a member of the Research Faculty at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore. He received his PhD in Child and Developmental Psychology from the University of Connecticut. Applied Neuroscience Research Institute Department of Human Ecology University of Maryland Eastern Shore Princess Anne, Maryland 21853

Although many different types of information are important to a complete science of learning disabilities, information about "alterable variables" is of particular value as we attempt to apply our science to helping children. This month's Topical Review addresses a set of environmental and diet variables that are clearly alterable and that may have an important impact on the way children think and learn. The studies reviewed here have employed advanced technology to assess the effects of these "alterable variables" on both brain functioning and cognitive performance. Although the subjects employed in the studies are not formally diagnosed as learning disabled, the implications of the findings for children who experience special learning problems are nevertheless quite clear.—JKT

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