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Monday, July 11, 2022

Study: Dyslexia Is Not a Neurological Disorder But an Evolutionary Survival Trait [Additude, July 2022]

Title:
Study: Dyslexia Is Not a Neurological Disorder But an Evolutionary Survival Trait 
 
Author:
Melanie Wolkoff Wachsman
 
Published:
Additude, 5 July 2022
 
From the article:
Dyslexia is not a neurological disorder or even an impairment, but rather a concession for having cognitive strengths in exploration, big-picture thinking, creativity, and problem-solving that have contributed to human survival amid changing environments. This insight comes from a new study published in Frontiers in Psychology that finds an association between the learning difference and “an explorative bias.”