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Dyslexia and handedness: developmental phonological and surface dyslexias are associated with different biases for handedness.
Perceptual and motor skills - 1 Apr 2011
Annett Marian
Abstract excerpt
Developmental disorders of reading and spelling have long been associated with increased left- and mixed-handedness but the evidence has been controversial. The right shift (RS) theory of handedness and cerebral dominance, developed by Annett from 1972 onward, offers resolutions to several puzzles about laterality in the so-called dyslexias. This review of findings in the light of the theory shows that...
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