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LATERALITY AND READING ATTAINMENT
Author(s) -
THOMSON M.
Publication year - 1975
Publication title -
british journal of educational psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.557
H-Index - 95
eISSN - 2044-8279
pISSN - 0007-0998
DOI - 10.1111/j.2044-8279.1975.tb02971.x
Subject(s) - laterality , psychology , reading (process) , developmental psychology , perception , audiology , linguistics , medicine , philosophy , neuroscience
S ummary . 60 children with reading ages 18 months or more below their chronological ages, were compared with a control group of the same size who had average or above average reading ages. Both groups completed a laterality questionnaire relating to different aspects of perception and handedness. Inconsistencies in the different aspects of laterality were found, making connections between laterality and attainment more complex than has previously been assumed. However, showing a complete set of unilateral characteristics was still the best predictor of reading attainment, while using either hand, being ‘left eared’ and mixtures of eye and hand usage were associated with retarded reading.