Improving listening comprehension of narratives.
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Aphasia, Wernicke↗
Biomedical subjects
S Grogan
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Hemispheric laterality for spatial analysis in children with reading problems.
Lateralisation for tactile-spatial perception was studied in 21 10- to 15-yr.-old boys of average intelligence who were underachieving in reading and 21 matched controls. Controls showed a significant advantage at recognising shapes on a visual display when they had been actively felt with the left hand. There was no difference between left- and right-hand scores in the poor readers. This supports Witelson's (1977) finding that poor readers are less lateralised for spatial-processing than are average readers.
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Hemispheric lateralisation for verbal analysis: do children with reading problems differ from controls?
Specialisation for verbal-sequential analysis in 'dyslexics', poor readers and matched adequate readers was investigated. Groups did not differ on degree of right-ear advantage on the dichotic digits task, suggesting that the poor readers processed digits in the left hemisphere in a similar way to children who read normally. The results cast doubt on theories that 'dyslexia' is related to incomplete lateralisation for verbal analysis.
Adolescent↗
The Kidd minus-minus phenotype in a Caucasian.
This is the reported example in a Caucasian with the phenotype Jk(a-b-). A strongly reacting antibody was present which was of a single specificity and which could be completely absorbed by either Jk(a+b-) or Jk(a-b+) cells. Since no compatible donors could be found, autotransfusion was done. Family study failed to reveal any other members with the Jk(a-b-) phenotype. The question of a third allele at the Kidd locus is considered.
Blood Group Antigens↗