Neural Efficiency Analyzer Scores of Reading Disabled,Normally Reading and Academically Superior Children

Abstract

Usefulness, under field-testing conditions, of one version of a Neural Efficiency Analyzer for discriminating among children of various levels of academic performance was investigated. The equipment was said to measure efficiency of information processing as reflected in time between alternate EEG falling zero-crossing points. Special emphasis was placed on the difference score, a measure of right-left hemisphere “efficiency” differences. Contrary to earlier reports, no significant differences were found between such scores of groups of reading disabled, normally reading, and academically superior children. Possible reasons for the negative findings are explored.