DYSLEXIA evidence of an orientation preference

To help Greek people to learn Greek, pallindromic letters were introduced into the Greek alphabet including ΑΔΗΘΙΛΜΞΟΠΤΥΦΧΨΩ. To accommodate left to right scanners boustrophedon was introduced alternating the direction of the text on each line, boustrophedon continued for over 300 years. Around 500b.c the majority of the population who had learnt to read and write were left to right scanners so the Greeks stopped writing in boustrophedon and reverted to text in a left to right format. Subsequent generations of right to left scanners would become dyslexic as a consequence of being asked to read left to right text.

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Science & Technology

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• THE PRIMARY CAUSE OF DYSLEXIA
• STANLEY SUTTON
• DAVID HILLIDGE BSc
• LEONARDO DA VINCI
• THE RT HON ED BALLS