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An EEG Experiment Aimed Toward Identifying Dyslexic Children

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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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SKLAR, B., HANLEY, J. & SIMMONS, W. An EEG Experiment Aimed Toward Identifying Dyslexic Children. Nature 240, 414–416 (1972). https://doi.org/10.1038/240414a0

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