Degree of hemispheric specialization in normal and disabled readers was evaluated using a linguistic task and a musical task. While normals demonstrated hemispheric specialization on these tasks in the expected directions, disabled readers showed a right hemisphere deficit. The results were evaluated in terms of Witelson's hypotheses concerning a right hemisphere deficit in disabled readers.
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