Confessions of a Schoolman--On Dyslexia and Laterality.

Leong, Che Kan

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ERIC Number: EJ310102

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Publication Date: 1984

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Confessions of a Schoolman--On Dyslexia and Laterality.

Leong, Che Kan

Annals of Dyslexia, v34 p15-27 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, Theories

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Language: English

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