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Hiscock, Merrill; Kinsbourne, Marcel – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1987
Among conclusions of this review of findings regarding contemporary neuropsychology and cerebral hemisphere specialization as related to learning disabilities are: (1) differential specialization occurs very early; (2) anomalous hemispheric specialization is not necessarily associated with cognitive deficit; and (3) left- and right-hemisphere…
Descriptors: Brain Hemisphere Functions, Cognitive Style, Etiology, Learning Disabilities
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Bakker, Dirk J. – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1992
This article presents evidence that initial and advanced reading abilities are predominantly mediated by the right and left cerebral hemispheres, respectively. Premature reliance on left hemisphere reading strategies or later failure to shift from earlier right hemisphere strategies are hypothesized as resulting in two different types of dyslexic…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Brain Hemisphere Functions, Dyslexia, Elementary Education
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Bigler, Erin D. – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1996
This review explores the cellular pathology associated with traumatic brain injury (TBI) and its relation to neurobehavioral outcomes, the relationship of brain imaging findings to underlying pathology, brain imaging techniques, various image analysis procedures and how they relate to neuropsychological testing, and the importance of brain imaging…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Patterns, Brain Hemisphere Functions, Cytology
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Bigler, Erin D. – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1992
The area of adult learning disabilities is reviewed from a neurobiological and neuropsychological perspective. The paper covers possible pathophysiologic bases in dyslexia, neurobehavioral disorders that may coexist with learning disorders, neuropsychological assessment methods, treatment in the context of brain plasticity and recovery of…
Descriptors: Adults, Behavior Disorders, Biology, Brain Hemisphere Functions
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Sawyer, Diane J. – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1993
This article introduces two conference papers (EC 607 450 and 451) which discuss the link between basic research into brain structure and function and the applied issues of instructional intervention in dyslexia. The papers, based on longitudinal studies at the Bowman Gray School of Medicine (North Carolina), were presented at a Middle Tennessee…
Descriptors: Biological Influences, Brain Hemisphere Functions, Dyslexia, Intervention
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Rourke, Byron P.; Conway, James A. – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1997
Reviews current research on brain-behavior relationships in disabilities of arithmetic and mathematical reasoning from both a neurological and a neuropsychological perspective. Defines developmental dyscalculia and the developmental importance of right versus left hemisphere integrity for the mediation of arithmetic learning and explores…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Brain Hemisphere Functions, Cognitive Development, Disability Identification
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Lord-Maes, Janiece; Obrzut, John E. – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1996
This article discusses recent findings concerning cognitive outcomes in traumatic brain injury (TBI) in children and adolescents, with a particular focus on age differences with TBI. It suggests a relationship between specific learning disorders and brain dysfunction, addresses differential hemispheric functioning with TBI, and outlines recent…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Age Differences, Brain Hemisphere Functions, Children