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Bakker, Dirk J. – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1997
This brief introduction to E. Jan Kappers' article "Outpatient Treatment of Dyslexia through Stimulation of the Cerebral Hemispheres" reviews the lifetime work of Kappers in the field of dyslexia. (CR)
Descriptors: Biographies, Brain Hemisphere Functions, Cognitive Processes, Dyslexia
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Mather, David S. – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2003
A dual-task paradigm involving concurrent finger tapping and line orientation judgment was used to investigate brain processing differences in 12 early adolescent good readers/poor spellers, poor readers/poor spellers, and controls. In the right-hand tapping condition, the good spelling group displayed significantly less tapping disruption than…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Brain Hemisphere Functions, Cognitive Processes, Disability Identification
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Kappers, E. Jan – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1997
Integrated treatment methods of neuropsychological and cognitive origin were evaluated with 80 Dutch children (ages 6-15) with severe dyslexia. Treatment with flash cards, which exercised automatic letter-sound conversions, had a robust and slight effect in preclinical and clinical phases respectively, whereas hemisphere stimulation produced…
Descriptors: Brain Hemisphere Functions, Cognitive Processes, Dyslexia, Elementary Secondary Education