Return-Path: <nifl-ld@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id j8THK0G27344; Thu, 29 Sep 2005 13:20:00 -0400 (EDT) Date: Thu, 29 Sep 2005 13:20:00 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <009801c5c519$93307d50$6100a8c0@pamnew> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-ld@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-ld@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-ld@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: "Pam" <mariett@bellsouth.net> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-ld@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-LD:4895] Re: LD and intensive phonics X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.2180 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; Status: O Content-Length: 1043 Lines: 11 John, Here is a link to an article, "Neural Changes following Remediation in Adult Developmental Dyslexia," that you might find interesting: http://csl.georgetown.edu/publications/NEURON_intervention_04_eden_et_al.pdfPam Marietta----- Original Message -----From: "John Nissen" <jn@cloudworld.co.uk>Sent: Thursday, September 29, 2005 11:26 AMSubject: [NIFL-LD:4892] Re: LD and intensive phonics> The third question is about cause and effect. If poor readers areutilising> their right brain when they should be using their left brain, they couldend> up with underdeveloped left brains, i.e. not as relatively large (compared> to right brain) as normal. That would be an _effect_ of lack of use.> Alternatively a left brain problem (e.g. damage) could be the _cause_ of> their poor reading, from a young age, and they would grow up with a> relatively small left brain. So is it cause or effect? What does the> research say? And is there anything that can be done for the older childor> adult person to help in left brain development?>
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