Laterality and Dyslexia: A Critical View.

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Title: Laterality and Dyslexia: A Critical View.
Language: English
Authors: Hiscock, Merrill, Kinsbourne, Marcel
Source: Annals of Dyslexia. 1982 32:177-228.
Peer Reviewed: Y
Page Count: 52
Publication Date: 1982
Document Type: Journal Articles
Information Analyses
Speeches/Meeting Papers
Descriptors: Cerebral Dominance, Dyslexia, Lateral Dominance, Literature Reviews, Neurological Organization, Theories
Abstract: Research is reviewed concerning the current state of knowledge about normal hemispheric specialization; distinctions among such terms as dominance, laterality, and lateralization; and models of abnormal cerebral organization in dyslexic children. The question of dyslexic subtypes is undertaken along such dimensions as handedness, eyedness, and mixed dominance. (CL)
Journal Code: CIJMAR1983
Entry Date: 1983
Accession Number: EJ271305
Database: ERIC
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Abstract:Research is reviewed concerning the current state of knowledge about normal hemispheric specialization; distinctions among such terms as dominance, laterality, and lateralization; and models of abnormal cerebral organization in dyslexic children. The question of dyslexic subtypes is undertaken along such dimensions as handedness, eyedness, and mixed dominance. (CL)