Dyslexia and English Orthography was "surprise"

[Tom Zurinskas]

OK.  There was a garbled message I sent due to a hotmail "upgrade" that changed me to rich text.  See some citations below.


Date :  Thu, 31 Jul 2003 21: 16: 24 -0000
There is a brain scan correlate of some forms of dyslexia.  Those with the same brain scan pattern, however, seemed to do fine in a transparent orthography such as Italian. That was the major finding of a study that was reported two years ago in the JSSS by Paulesu and Frith. Older study:
Paulesu, E. , U. Frith, M. Snowling, A. Gallagher, J. Morton, R. S.  J. Frackowiak, and C. D. Frith. (1996). Is developmental dyslexia a  disconnection syndrome? Evidence from PET scanning. Brain 119: 143-
157.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/1225119.stm  “The main scientist behind the study, Eraldo Paulescu, suggested languages like English and French could be changed to make them easier for people to read.

also http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/1225119.stm

Tom Zurinskas, USA - CT20, TN3, NJ33, FL5+
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> Date: Fri, 20 Feb 2009 20:07:30 -0600
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> I must have missed your reply to the post in which your interpretation =
> of the dyslexia study from Science was challenged. I think this is one =
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> The arrogant, unapologetic Mr Butters strikes again.
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> Tom Zurinskas, USA - CT20, TN3, NJ33, FL5+
> see truespel.com
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>> Date: Fri, 20 Feb 2009 16:59:41 -0500
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>> On Fri, Feb 20, 2009 at 12:39 AM, wrote:
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>>> But how like him to ignore the evidence and cling tenaciously to an
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>> Insulting wording. How about:
>> But he is ignoring the evidence and clinging tenaciously to an =
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