Reading and Cerebral Dysfunction among Juvenile Delinquents.

Andrew, June M.

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ERIC Number: EJ248326

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1981-Jun

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Reading and Cerebral Dysfunction among Juvenile Delinquents.

Andrew, June M.

Criminal Justice and Behavior, v8 n2 p131-44 Jun 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, Dyslexia, Lateral Dominance, Minimal Brain Dysfunction, Reading Difficulties, Theories

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Information Analyses; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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