Effect of Piracetam on Dyslexic's Reading Ability
- 1 January 1985
- journal article
- clinical trial
- Published by SAGE Publications in Journal of Learning Disabilities
- Vol. 18 (1) , 19-25
- https://doi.org/10.1177/002221948501800105
Abstract
Forty—six dyslexic boys, aged 8-13 years, were administered Piracetam or placebo in a double blind, parallel experiment, lasting 8 weeks. Although, overall, there were no significant group effects,the within—subject design revealed improvements in reading speed and accuracy in individuals treated with Piracetam. Also,stratifying the groups by group means revealed that dyslexics with higher reading ages improved significantly compared to the placebo group.Keywords
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