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Peer reviewedPugh, Kenneth R.; Mencl, W. Einar; Jenner, Annette R.; Lee, Jun Ren; Katz, Leonard; Frost, Stephen J.; Shaywitz, Sally E.; Shaywitz, Bennett A. – Learning Disabilities: Research & Practice, 2001
Converging evidence from a number of neuroimaging studies suggest that fluent word identification in reading is related to the functional integrity of two left hemisphere posterior systems: a temporo-parietal system and a ventral occipito-temporal system. Readers with difficulties demonstrate heightened reliance on both inferior frontal and right…
Descriptors: Brain Hemisphere Functions, Children, Cognitive Processes, Neurological Organization
Peer reviewedRobertson, Jean – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2000
Two studies investigated whether an appropriate versus an inappropriate hemisphere alluding stimulation treatment of children with L-type dyslexia produces differential reading effects, and effects of hemisphere specific stimulation on children with L-, P-, and M-type dyslexia. Results support the validity of dyslexia subtyping and the…
Descriptors: Brain Hemisphere Functions, Children, Dyslexia, Foreign Countries
