GROWTH DEVELOPMENT CHILD
DYSLEXIA
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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True
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False
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Males are diagnosed with dyslexia more frequently than females, even in epidemiological samples. This may be explained by greater variance in males’ reading performance.
Detailed explanation-2: -Dyslexia is more prevalent among boys than girls. As with most learning disabilities, Dyslexia is more common among males – but different scientific studies report different figures. At least two thirds of people with Dyslexia are male.
Detailed explanation-3: -In the females, less gray matter volume is found in dyslexics in areas involved in sensory and motor processing. The results have important implications for understanding the origin of dyslexia and the relationship between language and sensory processing, says Evans.
Detailed explanation-4: -Dyslexia is the most common of the language based learning disabilities. Nearly the same percentage of males and females have dyslexia. Nearly the same percentage of people from different ethnic and socioeconomic backgrounds have dyslexia.