There’s a short animation in The Dyslexic Advantage movie, where a swirl of images allude to the particular processes associated with episodic memory that seem more prevalent among dyslexic people.
![Creativity and Episodic Memory [Premium]](https://www.dyslexicadvantage.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Creativity-and-Episodic-Memory-3-400x250.png)
![Finding What Works for You [Premium]](https://www.dyslexicadvantage.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Finding-What-Workls-For-You-400x250.png)
Finding What Works for You [Premium]
![Mind Maps and Other Memory Tricks Using Connections [Premium]](https://www.dyslexicadvantage.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Mind-Maps.png)
Mind Maps and Other Memory Tricks Using Connections [Premium]
Why is My Student Being Taught Nonsense Words?
![Dyslexia in Everyday Life: Memory [Premium]](https://www.dyslexicadvantage.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Dyslexia-in-Everyday-Life-C.png)
Dyslexia in Everyday Life: Memory [Premium]
What does dyslexia look like in every day life? What are the highs and lows? Answers to these questions often depend on what stage of life you’re in, what came before, support you have from family and friends, and what you’re preparing for in the next step in your life.
To access this post, you must be a Premium subscriber. log in
![Creativity and Its Connection Dyslexia, ADD / ADHD, and Low Working Memory [Premium]](https://www.dyslexicadvantage.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Screen-Shot-2019-08-30-at-10.49.07-AM.jpg)
Creativity and Its Connection Dyslexia, ADD / ADHD, and Low Working Memory [Premium]
Creative companies and groups seem to have higher than average representation of people with dyslexia, ADD/ADHD, and low working memory. Dyslexia is associated with increased divergent and exploratory thinking, but what does ADD/ ADHD or low working memory have to do with creativity? A tech person might ask – is it a bug or a feature? We think it’s a feature, just like dyslexia.If dyslexia, ADD/ADHD and low working memory were all bad, you wouldn’t see an over-representation in creative industries. Attention and working memory have been suggested to be two sides of a neural coin. While attention is like a spotlight directed at certain parts of the outside world, working memory is like a spotlight directed at internal thoughts, information, or instructions. HIGH FUNCTIONING […]
To access this post, you must be a Premium subscriber. log in
Beyond Behavior: Attention, Working Memory, or Something Else?
The problem with trying to diagnose with behavioral checklists is that behavior can result from many different sources. If you have a 3rd grader trying to focus on reading, but he looks out the window and doesn't make much progress - is it poor attention, working...
![Managing Forgetfulness and Recognizing Its Benefits [Premium]](https://www.dyslexicadvantage.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Managing-Forgetfulness-and-Recognizing-Its-Benefits-400x250.jpg)
Managing Forgetfulness and Recognizing Its Benefits [Premium]
Can there be any benefits to forgetting? Not all types of memory are alike – and forgetting also takes on many different forms. STRANGE INSIGHTS INTO MEMORY FROM AI A funny thing happened when AI researchers tried to teach machines to learn many languages. Having a perfect memory – it seems, whether in machines or people – isn’t a good thing for flexible and generalizable learning. To really be super flexible learner, you have to forget. From Quanta Magazine’ How Selective Forgetting Can Help AI Learn Better: “A team of computer scientists has created a nimbler, more flexible type of machine learning model. The trick: It must periodically forget what it knows… A few years ago, Artetxe and others trained a neural network in one […]
To access this post, you must be a Premium subscriber. log in
What Can Help with Working Memory Limitations?
Q: My 9 year old son is having trouble making progress in reading, writing, and Math because of working memory. What can help? Working memory is a type of memory that allows us to temporarily hold information ‘in mind’ to be used for other cognitive tasks. Some people refer to it as a ‘sticky note’ like remember a phone number when taking a message or directions when someone tells you where you need to go.
WORKING MEMORY LIMITATIONS AFFECT READING, WRITING, AND MATH Working memory limitations can affect reading, writing, math, and really all types of learning because if too much information is presented at once, students can lose their place, forget what’s been said, and experience what experts call “cognitive overload”. […]
To access this post, you must be a Premium subscriber. log in
![Um.. Trouble Finding the Right Words [Premium]](https://www.dyslexicadvantage.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Um.-Finding-the-Right-Words-400x250.jpg)
Um.. Trouble Finding the Right Words [Premium]
A young filmmaker, Lauren, interviewed for our movie shared that she had trouble putting her ideas into words. After the camera had shut off, I told her that many people over the years shared exactly the same thing. Lauren shared that when she reads a book, she gets vivid images of characters, events, and places. When she plans out a movie, she can visualize everything. We know that not everyone has that ability – and her visualization strengths are ideal for what she does today – make films. But there is considerable evidence that what might make you strong at generating pictures and other sensory images, may be balanced by weaker or at least more effortful generation of words. When we surveyed dyslexic […]
To access this post, you must be a Premium subscriber. log in
![The Mind Map in Your Brain [Premium]](https://www.dyslexicadvantage.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/The-Mind-Map-in-Your-Brain-400x250.png)
The Mind Map in Your Brain [Premium]
Among professionals who work with dyslexic students, there have long been recommendations to mind map ideas. In recent basic neuroscience research, there’s been a growing understanding why. Neuroscientists have long studied how knowledge seems to work in the brain with schemas -or patterns that can form a flexible reference base that helps us understand new or existing knowledge or make decisions for how to act. But these schemas have largely been studied in a context of verbal memory – with only more recent insights into “the other schemas.” As it turns out there are a lot of other schemas and processes involving schema-making. They are non-verbal and spatial – and that is where the implications for dyslexic people may come into play. If you are […]
To access this post, you must be a Premium subscriber. log in
![What’s the Point of the Dyslexic Mind? with Dr Brock Eide [Premium]](https://www.dyslexicadvantage.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Screen-Shot-2023-05-21-at-7.50.20-AM-400x250.png)
What’s the Point of the Dyslexic Mind? with Dr Brock Eide [Premium]
This webinar was rescheduled from a planned presentation at Cambridge University. Although dyslexia has traditionally been defined in negative and narrow terms, these definitions are poorly matched to the breadth of research on dyslexic children and adults. Here the Eides present their case that dyslexia should not be defined solely as a defect or deficiency, but rather as a cognitive specialization – that prioritizes episodic cognition. Bookmark Please login to bookmark ClosePlease login to access.
To access this post, you must be a Premium subscriber. log in
WATCH NOW
OSPI STEM Course – STEM for Diverse Learners
Dyslexia and Gifted: Course for Psychologists
Dyslexia for Teachers Course
