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Learning Disabled Readers' Recall as a Function of Distinctive Encoding, Hemisphere Processing and Selective Attention

John E. Obrzut, PhD

This study tested the assumption that learning disabled children have limited word knowledge structures and such limitations influence hemispheric processing. Two competing theoretical accounts were also tested. Learning disabled and nondisabled readers were compared on dichotic listening recall tasks that included semantic, phonemic and structural orienting instructions. Dependent measures were degree of lateralization, free recall, clustering, and selective attention. As expected, recall increases were a function of group, orienting instructions, and level of word processing. Most importantly, the results clearly demonstrated that group recall differences interact with orienting instructions. The ability group differences in dichotic listening were attributed to word knowledge (ability to activate word features congruent with the orienting task) rather than differences in hemispheric capacity or selective attention, per se.

Journal of Learning Disabilities, Vol. 18, No. 7, 409-418 (1985)
DOI: 10.1177/002221948501800709


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