Cause of Word-Blindness
‘Word-blindness, the inability to Earn to read and spell, was originally thought to be due. to feeble-minded-ness, but now it is suggested that the causes may b c traced to defective development in the temporal lobe of the brain. It is said that the destrue.l’OE of ob". brain-hemisphere may ! ’ing tii e loss of associative »'u-ir’.» n. but a record w-uld be ere on ihe cells ot the inactive sid * wl ich v- aid form a mirrored pattern. This may explain why some children cannot tell the differences between “p” and “q,” and “d” and “b,” and reversible •K'Drds like “was” and “saw.” In England, one out of 2,000 children is said to be affected by wor I blindness.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 71, Issue 296, 15 December 1928, Page 18 (Supplement)
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122Cause of Word-Blindness Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 71, Issue 296, 15 December 1928, Page 18 (Supplement)
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