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Reading ability and brain function: a simple statistical model

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 July 2009

A. E. Maxwell ,
P. B. C. Fenwick ,
G. W. Fenton  and
J. Dollimore
A. E. Maxwell
Affiliation:
Institute of Psychiatry, De Crespigny Park, London
P. B. C. Fenwick
Affiliation:
Institute of Psychiatry, De Crespigny Park, London
G. W. Fenton
Affiliation:
Institute of Psychiatry, De Crespigny Park, London
J. Dollimore
Affiliation:
Institute of Psychiatry, De Crespigny Park, London
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Sysnopsis

This report is concerned with a simple statistical model of the way the brain may function, suggested by the analysis of intelligence test results in two groups of children. The model describes the statistical behaviour of an ideal array of elements, representing the brain, during tests of cognitive ability. Predictions from the model indicate that comparison of the EEC recording taken from groups of children who were good or poor readers would show amplitude differences. These were found between the groups when the eyes were open but not when the eyes were closed–a result explained by the model.

Type
Research Article
Information
Psychological Medicine , Volume 4 , Issue 3 , August 1974 , pp. 274 - 280
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1974

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