In The Genius in All of Us: New Insights into Genetics, Talent, and IQ (public library), David Shenk presents a rigorously researched blend of historical evidence and scientific data to debunk the myth that genius is a special gift serendipitously bestowed upon the chosen few and shows, instead, that it is the product of consistent, concentrated effort, applied in the direction of one’s natural inclination. http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2013/05/28/the-genius-in-all-of-us-mozart-david-shenk/

A faulty connection between where the brain stores the auditory building blocks of language and where it processes them may be to blame for dyslexia, a new study suggests.
http://www.latimes.com/science/sciencenow/la-sci-sn-dyslexia-brain-circuits-20131204,0,5176204.story#ixzz2n72CiVu7