RESUMO
Adults with severe dyslexia were compared with age-, sex-, IQ- and SES-matched controls on a neuropsychological and neuromotor test battery, and a contrast group who had recovered from dyslexia was also included. The severely dyslexic group was substantially impaired on tests of verbal fluency and learning, as well as on non-verbal temporal order judgements. These test scores were strong predictors of the degree of reading impairment, as was the rate of repetitive movement of the right hand and foot. The results suggest that adult dyslexia is not 'isolated', but is one expression of a widespread left-hemisphere dysfunction.
Assuntos
Dislexia/diagnóstico , Dislexia/psicologia , Testes Neuropsicológicos , Adulto , Encéfalo/fisiopatologia , Dislexia/fisiopatologia , Feminino , Humanos , Testes de Inteligência , Testes de Linguagem , Masculino , Rememoração Mental/fisiologia , Destreza Motora/fisiologia , Aprendizagem por Associação de Pares/fisiologia , Psicometria , Desempenho Psicomotor/fisiologia , Comportamento Verbal/fisiologiaRESUMO
A parallel is suggested between the way blacks have been treated in this country with the way some people view homosexuality. A critique of the origins of the homosexuality taboo and of the argument that homosexual persons are uniquely pathological follows. Though the Judeo-Christian tradition seems to have played a negative role in the past, the contemporary church, in concert with other institutions, can generate a moral force to help overcome homophobia.
