Dyslexia is more commonly found in men then females.
Scientists have guessed that men and women with dyslexia use their brain the
same way. A new study has shown that women with dyslexia use both sides of
their brain when partaking language tasks. On the other hand men only use the
left side of their brain.
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This was a very interesting article. I was wondering since women use both sides of their brain instead of just one, does that make dyslexia not quite as bad? I found another interesting article about gender and dyslexia. http://abcnews.go.com/Health/story?id=117122&page=1#.UYsboLVQFic
ReplyDeleteHow did the scientists come to this conclusion? I never knew that man and women had different brain functions. It is so cool that in our time we are able to make interesting discoveries such as this. Another article on this topic is here-http://www.medicaldaily.com/articles/15332/20130508/dyslexia-sex-differences-female-brains-wired-differently.htm. It talks about how an MRI machine is used to study the brain and key differences between men and women in brains were identified.
ReplyDeleteIn an article i just read it had said that dyslexia is actually more common in boys then girls, they are 2-3 times more likely to get it. Also it says thats boys need more attention with reading disabilities. Statistics show that dyslexia is common among children.
ReplyDeletehttp://abcnews.go.com/Health/story?id=117122&page=1#.UYsjsSsjoVk
That's interesting...I have a friend who has dyslexia and I wonder what part of the brain she uses o.o
ReplyDeleteIt's interesting that men and women actually do tend to use their minds differently, it's been shown that women are actually better at memorizing things...so maybe that's the cause of the difference in dyslexics too.
Here's an article I found about differences in brain functioning of genders;
http://www.livescience.com/20011-brain-cognition-gender-differences.html
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