Summarizes scientific findings about how the brain works and discusses implications of these findings for teaching. (JMB)

Findings from anatomical research are highlighted in a discussion of the role of anomalous lateralization and asymmetry in the dyslexic brain. Studies of animal asymmetry are cited along with studies of humans. (CL)

The paper explores five major facets of brain functioning in relation to gifted and creative behavior. Emphasis is placed on ways that the educational establishment can cultivate the stages of the creative process for the verbally gifted, the nonverbally gifted, and for young children. (Author/CL)

Two studies involving 76 nonhandicapped (Study 1) and 31 emotionally disturbed and 63 nonhandicapped students (Study 2) suggested that predominantly right-hemisphere cognitive-mode individuals are at greater risk for learning and/or behavior problems than are left- or integrated cognitive-mode individuals. Hypotheses for this finding are offered.…

Linguistic processing by the left and right cerebral hemispheres was investigated in 10 adult stutterers and 10 matched nonstutterers. The stuttering group exhibited a left visual field efficiency or right hemisphere preference for this task and were slower in both vocal and manual reaction times. (Author/CL)

Our understanding of mind-brain interaction has been vastly altered by studies that now offer a clearer picture of the two brain hemispheres and their specialized forms of intellect. (Editor)

Research concerning lateralization of human brain functions is examined in light of the recent publication of the Kaufman Assessment Battery for Children. Following a review of research methodologies and functions ascribed to the hemispheres of the brain, differences are portrayed as complementary and coexisting modes of cognitive processing.…

The concept of pathologic left-handedness is reviewed, from historical and empirical perspectives. It is suggested that there is no adequate evidence to justify its continued use, and the fact that the concept is still much used may be the result of a desire to restore lost symmetry to the brain. (Author/CL)

Reviews the relevant background on brain organization in left-handers, describing Levy and Reid's findings and other studies relevant to the area of research. (Author/RH)

Fifteen aphasic and 15 normal adults demonstrated use of a right hemisphere visuospatial strategy to analyze printed whole words and word parts such as prefixes and suffixes. The performances of the two groups were similar, suggesting that the hypothesized strategy could be useful as a reading approach for aphasics. (Author/CL)

The article reviews research on direct and indirect evidence of neurological dysfunction associated with autism (including brainstem and cortical dysfunction). Issues of reorganization of language functions are discussed. Clinical implications of findings, including the value of gestural sign systems, are noted. (CL)

Eight autistic, language impaired, and non-language impaired children (six-eight years old) were compared on a dichotic listening task to determine hemispheric lateralization. Language impaired Ss exhibited a left ear bias for language material (indicating right hemisphere lateralization for language), while the autistic and non language impaired…

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…

The author describes three techniques for developing conscious awareness of the responses and behaviors of the right parietal lobe through describing a right brain related impression aloud in sensory image terms of color, shape, and texture. (CL)

Designed to accompany an all-day "brain" workshop on neurological aspects of learning, the manual contains charts and illustrations depicting the role and function of the right and left hemispheres. Additional material addresses such topics as physiological evolution of the brain, disharmony between left/right brain functions, comparisons between…