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corresponding exactly to language centres in the opposite hemisphere. The reading programme had
stimulated the brains of the participants to recruit batches of nerve cells in a place not normally associated
with language processing.
The primary cause for these problems is another of Dr Wood’s interests. The abnormal brain tissue in
dyslexia is developed by the fifth month of gestation, which indicates that the cause of the disorder must act
before that time. This suggests that it may be genetic. Many people argue about the relative contributions of
genes and the environment to human behaviour and human disease. Dyslexia is both behavioural and, to a
certain degree, it is a disease. It appears to have a biological origin and genetic roots. Yet looking at it from a
different angle its cause is almost purely environmental. People living in illiterate societies are hardly
troubled by its other symptoms. It was the invention of writing that brought the difficulty to light, not the
mutation of genes. Nature or environment? You will have to decide between the two.
Questions 1-6 Do the following statements agree with the information given in Reading Passage? True if the statement agrees with the information False if the statement contradicts the information NOT GIVEN If there is no information on this Q1. Dyslexia is probably caused by motivational problems.
Q2. Dyslexia affects language as well as visual and audio processes.
Q3. In modern society dyslexia is essentially the inability to distinguish between visual forms.
Q4. It has been demonstrated that special reading programmes can teach dyslexic people to read as well as
non- dyslexic ones.
Q5. The cause of dyslexia is partly genetic and partly environmental.
Q6. The writer of the article believes that dyslexia can most effectively be cured in illiterate societies.
