title: Cognitive style and dichotic asymmetries of disabled readers.
abstract: On a test of cognitive stylistic preference backward readers exhibited a less verbal style than did age-matched controls. The groups did not differ significantly in asymmetry on a verbal dichotic test. Relative spatial rather than verbal preference could contribute to difficulty in learning to read. It seems unnecessary to implicate lateralization differences in explanations of reading disability.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D003072:Cognition Disorders / Q000523:psychology; D004193:Discrimination Learning; D004292:Dominance, Cerebral; D004410:Dyslexia / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D005364:Field Dependence-Independence; D006801:Humans; D007859:Learning Disabilities / Q000523:psychology; D008297:Male; D010364:Pattern Recognition, Visual; D011340:Problem Solving; D011581:Psychological Tests; D013028:Space Perception; D013067:Speech Perception; D013850:Thinking