An eye for the unusual: Creative thinking in dyslexics

Dyslexia

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 28-46

  Everatt, John ^a   Steffert, Beverley ^b   Smythe, Ian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE ARTS LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Creativity; Dyslexic adults; Dyslexic children; Right hemisphere; Talents versus disabilities; Visuo spatial ability

Indexed keywords

EID: 14644389605     PISSN: 10769242     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-0909(199903)5:1<28::AID-DYS126>3.0.CO;2-K     Document Type: Article

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