Dyslexia and the ecological brain.
Evidence is available to show that normal and disturbed reading is a bilateral rather than an unilateral hemispheric affair. The primary subservience of reading seems to shift from right to left during the development of the learning-to-read process. Since the brain is sensitive to enriched stimulation from the environment, hemisphere-tied dyslexia may be alleviated by selective or alluding stimulation of the right (L-dyslexia) or the left (P-dyslexia) cerebral hemisphere. In general, the results of experimental group and single-case investigations show the fruitfulness of these neuropsychological treatment procedures. However, it is apparent that there are questions that remain to be answered.
Free University, Amsterdam-Duivendrecht, Netherlands.
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D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000503:physiopathology*; D002648:Child; D004292:Dominance, Cerebral / Q000502:physiology*; D004410:Dyslexia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D011932:Reading; D014706:Verbal Learning / Q000502:physiology