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PROFILE : VISUAL THINKER
Source Encyclopedia of Psychology
Research has confirmed that both hemispheres of the brain use high-level cognitive modes. That of the left brain is verbal and analytic, while right brain thought processes are rapid, complex, whole-pattern, spatial, and specialized for visual imagery and musical ability.
The general characteristics of right-brain thought processes include the tendency to synthesize rather than analyze, and to relate to things in a concrete rather than a symbolic fashion. Where left-brain thinking tends to represent wholes by abstraction (using one piece of information to represent something larger), the right brain is more likely to interpret data through analogies ó -seeing relationships between wholes. Right-brain functioning is nontemporal, non sequential , holistic - gestalt , and intuitive, relying on leaps of insight, hunches, or visual images. Discoveries about the right- and left-brain hemispheres have led some researchers and educators to advocate educational reforms that would allow right-brain modes of thought a greater place in the current educational system, which reflects society's overall tendency to reward the verbal, analytical left-brain skills. As split-brain researcher Roger Sperry winner of the 1981 Noble prize for Medicine , notes, our educational system "tends to neglect the nonverbal form of intellect. What it comes down to is that modern society discriminates against the right hemisphere "
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PROFILE
'Hyperlexics are intelligent , often a high IQ or capacity for lateral thought accompanies an intense curiosity and interest in learning .Hyperlexics are highly verbal and quite often gifted academically, yet fail to fulfill potential '
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i - Avoidance of long texts and textbooks , results from the key inability to easily
ascertain gestalt meaning [ the whole picture ] from a written text .
ii - Written material can be disorganized .
iii - Oral presentations may be poorly structured .
iv - Long sets of instructions may result in disorientation.
v - Attention/Concentration can drift .
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SAVANTS & HIGH FUNCTIONING AUTISTIC SPECTRUM DISORDERS |
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Profile - Source [Autism society of America]
Autism is a spectrum disorder. The symptoms and characteristics of autism can present themselves in a wide variety of combination's, from mild to severe. Although autism is defined by a certain set of behaviors, children and adults can exhibit any combination of the behaviors in any degree of severity. Two children, both with the same diagnosis, can act very differently from one another and have varying skills.
You may hear different terms used those within this spectrum, such as autistic-like, autistic tendencies, autism spectrum, high-functioning or low-functioning autism, more-abled or less-abled and Aspegers. More important than the term used is to understand that, whatever the diagnosis, autistic does not mean can not learn or function productively and show gains with appropriate education and treatment.
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Friday, 06 October 2006 19:29 |
' If you had demanded that the N.I.H. solve the problem of polio, not through independent, investigator-driven discovery research but by means of a centrally directed program, you would end up with the very best iron lungs in the world -
but you would not get the vaccine that eradicated polio.'
DFES LINK - DYSLEXIA RESEARCH - OFFICIAL UK GOVERNMENT RESEARCH SITE :
The role of government .Government defines the problem , independent investigator-driven discovery research postulates solutions , governments implement these solution when and only when these solutions are brought to it's attention .
GIFTED DYSLEXIA PARADOX
Brock Eide "In short, dyslexia has a boatload of possible symptoms that makes it difficult to spot. And one of the biggest symptoms is one that educators rarely correlate: giftedness. Underneath all of the spelling mistakes and the trouble focusing, the backwards handwriting and the processing problems, dyslexics have a high tendency to be extremely smart. In fact, studies have shown that the average IQ of a child with dyslexia is routinely higher than that of the regular population."
"They stretch the boundaries, from a young age" Brock Eide continues. "When they read, they can't just automatically match sounds and letters, so they use contextual cues and problem solving and no one may realize there's a problem." Dyslexics grow so good at problem solving, at finding alternative ways to compensate for the fact that they struggle with the written word, that they become expert brain stormers. "Dyslexic children often become some of society's greatest adult thinkers," Brock Eide says.
THE WAIS PARADOX
Verbal IQ is frequently in the genius range above 130 . Outpacing performance or visual IQ . The paradox of gifted dyslexia , an insurmountable obstacle that has held researchers up for decades . It may have to do with the WAIS test itself, the backgrounds & respective representational systems or simply a case of mislabeling . It should be noted that the Stanford Binet IQ test , throws up a mirror image results and many subjects who score high on verbal IQ and average on the visual will excel with highly visual spatial tasks such as chess . Simply by removing a spatial element from visual memory you change the nature of visual spatial thinkers world . This does not make things easier , it makes things harder for a mind that is wired up to synthesize information . The reverse is true for the sequential thinker who is wired up to analyze , breaking things down . The tests
are designed by analytical thinkers . NLP provides the second answer , by suggesting that visual thinkers encode information differently at a sub conscious level , speaking and thinking quickly keeps pace with a racing fleeting image based subconscious .
THE UNIFIED THEORY
The unified theory and the Davis perception of dyslexia as a gift share the same basic premise, rather than viewing dyslexia as a pure deficit this explanation views dyslexia as a difference .
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