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Stellern, John; And Others – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1987
Investigation of the language-spatial lateralization of 76 intermediate grade right-handed regular education students found that "good" students had normal left hemisphere language and right hemisphere spatial lateralization but "poor" students had nonnormal lateralization. Academic problems and behavior problems were correlated with nonnormal…
Descriptors: Brain Hemisphere Functions, Intermediate Grades, Language Skills, Learning Disabilities

Branch, Walter B.; And Others – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1995
Twenty children with left or right hemisphere dysfunction and 10 controls were administered a comprehensive neuropsychological evaluation. Results provide limited support for the hypothesis that the right hemisphere subserves attention and concentration but not for the hypothesis that right-hemisphere deficits are more frequently associated with…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Arithmetic, Attention, Attention Deficit Disorders