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Article #990Re: Handedness
From: Barry W. Kort
Date: Thu, 04 May 1989 14:59
Date: Thu, 04 May 1989 14:59
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About 20% of the population suffers from some form of Dyslexia. Dyslexia refers to a collection of cognitive deficits ranging from left/right confusion, to difficulty in spelling and reading, to learning disabilities associated with sequential information processing and deductive reasoning. The disorder may be caused by a genetically inherited neurological dysfunction in a portion of the left cerebral cortex. Prior to the diagnosis of Dyslexia, many dyslexics suffered psychological stigmatization associated with inadequate academic performance in the affected areas. In extreme cases, learning anxieties and feelings of inferiority further exacerbated the situation, leading to maladaptive personality distortions and character disorders. Dyslexia is treatable, in the sense that the cognitive functions can still be developed in a suitably supportive setting and with the aid of computer-assisted learning laboratories. The left-hemisphere deficit is frequently counterbalanced by right-hemispheric strengths in spatial relations, music, drama, dance, and sensitivity to nonverbal information. --Barry Kort
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!rutgers!apple!versatc!mips!prls!philabs!linus!mbunix!bwk From: bwk@mbunix.mitre.org (Barry W. Kort) Newsgroups: comp.cog-eng Subject: Re: Handedness Summary: I know which way is up. But what is right? Keywords: Dyslexia Message-ID: <52133@linus.UUCP> Date: 4 May 89 14:59:21 GMT References: <0ejKI2d3Uw1010VXzqU@amdahl.uts.amdahl.com> <1256@mmm.UUCP> <5463@cs.Buffalo.EDU> <45148@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu> Sender: news@linus.UUCP Reply-To: bwk@mbunix (Kort) Distribution: na Organization: Neurotic Netware, Dendrite Faults, NV Lines: 25