Differences in children's reading, spelling, and arithmetic abilities based on EEG classifications of locus of dysfunction were measured. 114 children were classified into categories of right- or left-hemisphere abnormality, diffuse abnormality, or normal EEG. When Wide Range Achievement Test scores on reading, spelling, and arithmetic functioning were compared, no significant differences appeared among the four groups.
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