"The vast majority of school-aged children can focus on the voice of a teacher amid the cacophony of the typical classroom thanks to a brain that automatically focuses on relevant auditory information, according to new research from Northwestern University. But for children with developmental dyslexia, the teacher's voice may get lost in the background noise of banging lockers, whispering children, playground screams and scraping chairs, the researchers say." Read more
here. IM helps train the brain to process auditory information more accurately and efficiently. Group mode IM often exercises the skill used to tune out irrelevant auditory information and focus on the relevant auditory information. You can measurably and visually see the difference as children/adults develop this skill in IM.
