Eide Neurolearning Blog: Why Boys Need Alternatives with Reading and Writing - 0 views
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If you give girls and boys language tasks, most girls will process the information in the same way (in a specialized language area)
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help them with word storage and retrieval
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But for boys, sensitivity to the modality of how words are presented means that an extra steps need to be taken to match words that are picked up by listening and words that are read on the printed page. No wonder dyslexia is much more common in boys - the separate system means that the sight and sound of words are learned as distinct processes.
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