Nature 240, 414 - 416 (15 December 1972); doi:10.1038/240414a0

An EEG Experiment Aimed Toward Identifying Dyslexic Children

B. SKLAR, J. HANLEY & W. W. SIMMONS

The Aerospace Corporation, PO Box 95085, Los Angeles, California 90045

THE purposes of the experiment were to search for spectral features for identifying dyslexic children, to demonstrate the statistical significance of any such features, and to start a data base that could ultimately result in a reliable discriminant function for the early detection of reading disabilities.

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