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Biology of Dyslexia Varies With Culture, Study Finds.

Authors :
O'Connor, Anahad
Source :
New York Times. 9/7/2004, Vol. 158 Issue 52965, pF7-F7. 999p.
Publication Year :
2004

Abstract

Reports that Chinese speakers who suffer from dyslexia have different brain abnormalities than English speakers who are dyslexic. Contradiction of the theory that dyslexia in all languages would have a single universal biological origin; Chinese is composed of thousands of logographic symbols.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
03624331
Volume :
158
Issue :
52965
Database :
Academic Search Index
Journal :
New York Times
Publication Type :
News
Accession number :
14661224