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Confessions of a Schoolman--On Dyslexia and Laterality.

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Leong, Che Kan – Annals of Dyslexia, 1984

The paper relates early work of Samuel Orton on cerebral dominance to current neuropsychological concepts of laterality as reciprocal functions of the two cerebral hemispheres. The genetic-cultural perspectives of laterality and functional asymmetry in relation to learning disorders are discussed. (Author/CL)

Descriptors: Dyslexia, Elementary Secondary Education, Lateral Dominance, Neurological Organization

Laterality and Reading Proficiency in Children.

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Leong, Che Kan – Reading Research Quarterly, 1980

Discusses some current concepts of the laterality/reading relationship. An overview of Samuel T. Orton's hypotheses of cerebral dominance and "strephosymbolia" is provided, and both visual half-field and dichotic listening studies as direct, empirical tests of laterality are discussed. (MKM)

Descriptors: Auditory Perception, Cerebral Dominance, Dyslexia, Elementary Education