Confessions of a schoolman-On dyslexia and laterality.
This paper relates the early work of Samuel Orton on cerebral dominance to the current neuropsychological concept of laterality as reciprocal functions of the two cerebral hemispheres. The genetic-cultural perspectives of laterality and functional asymmetry in relation to learning disorders are discussed. A balanced and integrative view of the cognitive contribution of the two hemispheres is needed.
Department for the Education of Exceptional Children, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada.
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