Reading ability and brain function: a simple statistical model
- 1 August 1974
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Psychological Medicine
- Vol. 4 (3) , 274-280
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0033291700042963
Abstract
SYSNOPSIS This report is concerned with a simple statistical model of the way the brain may function, suggested by the analysis of intelligence test results in two groups of children. The model describes the statistical behaviour of an ideal array of elements, representing the brain, during tests of cognitive ability. Predictions from the model indicate that comparison of the EEC recording taken from groups of children who were good or poor readers would show amplitude differences. These were found between the groups when the eyes were open but not when the eyes were closed–a result explained by the model.Keywords
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