title: Australian aboriginal spatial cognition and dyslexia: a criticism of Pontius (1982).
abstract: Pontius ' neuropsychological explanation of some Aboriginal Australians' poor reading performance is not supported by an examination of the socio-cultural and educational considerations surrounding their performance or by research into the neurophysiological bases of reading retardation. Classification of children as "ecologically" dyslexic was based on hear-say general impressions of Aborigines' school performance and not on children's reading errors.
mesh_terms: D001154:Art; D001315:Australia; D002648:Child; D003467:Cultural Deprivation; D003469:Culture; D004410:Dyslexia / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000523:psychology*; D006624:Hippocampus / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D013028:Space Perception