title: Neuropsychological classification and treatment of dyslexia.
abstract: Evidence shows that initial and advanced learning to read are predominantly mediated by the right and left cerebral hemispheres, respectively. Premature reliance on left-hemispheric reading strategies may result in L-type dyslexia, characterized by hurried and inaccurate reading. P-type dyslexia, characterized by a slow and fragmented style of reading, may result from the inability to shift from the predominant generation of right-hemispheric reading strategies to the predominant generation of left-hemispheric reading strategies. Results of investigations concerning the validity of the L/P-typology are discussed, as are the reading effects of hemisphere-specific and hemisphere-alluding stimulation in children with L- and P-type dyslexia.
authors.affiliation: Department of Child Neuropsychology, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
authors.forename: D J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Bakker
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D004292:Dominance, Cerebral; D004410:Dyslexia / Q000209:etiology / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D004519:Education, Special; D005260:Female; D007839:Functional Laterality; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests / Q000145:classification*; D013067:Speech Perception; D014956:Writing