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12.02.08

Dyslexia is Different in Chinese and English

Scientists discover entirely disparate regions of the brain cause dyslexia in different languages
By Matt Ransford Posted 04.16.2008 at 10:58 am 1 Comment

Last month, we looked at the ways in which language is tied to our perception of color. As it turns out, our understanding of color varies depending on which language we use to represent it. Now, new research from the University of Hong Kong is demonstrating a similar principle with dyslexia. It is not a disorder which manifests itself in the same way in every child. Instead, the research has shown that it appears in a different region of the brain depending on whether someone is a native English or Chinese speaker.

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