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Peer reviewedAndrew, June M. – Criminal Justice and Behavior, 1981
Five theories were tested relating to the suspected connection between organic brain dysfunction and poor reading, or dyslexia. Results failed to support the poor lateralization, right hemisphere, global, imbalance theories. Among juvenile offenders, poor reading appears to relate to left-hemisphere dysfunction. (Author)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Cerebral Dominance, Comparative Analysis, Delinquency
