The GBG model: is there more to consider than handedness?
It is peculiar that Bryden and his colleagues admit to the inadequacy of handedness as an index for cerebral anomalous dominance and then attack a model of anomalous dominance using primarily handedness data. In reality, the GBG model (which was intended to be "a hypothesis and program for research," to quote the exact titles of the 1985 articles) is not nearly as narrow as Bryden's worldview. We present here the rest of the literature on the link between immune disorders and language disorders which Bryden et al. neglected and argue that the data are sufficient to have warranted a +2 in their evaluation. The strength of this link is worthy of further investigation, even though the hormonal mechanism proposed in the GBG model may be erroneous.
Kaplan
B J
BJ
University of Calgary, Canada.
Crawford
S G
SG
D000818:Animals; D004292:Dominance, Cerebral / Q000235:genetics*; D004410:Dyslexia / Q000209:etiology; D007839:Functional Laterality; D006801:Humans; D007154:Immune System Diseases / Q000235:genetics*; D051379:Mice; D008814:Mice, Inbred NZB; D013342:Stuttering / Q000209:etiology