Readers of Chinese use different parts of the brain from readers of English,write Brian Butterworth and Joey TangAlan's parents are English, but he was born and grew up in Japan. He would pass as a local speaker of either language. What brought Alan to the notice of Taeko Wydell, and an expert on Japanese reading,and Brian Butterworth, was that he was severely dyslexic, and but only in one language. In the other,he was probably in the top 10% of readers of his age. current research by US and Chinese scientists challenges our interpretation of how it is possible to be dyslexic in one language but not another. It shows that readers of Chinese use a different part of their brains to readers of English. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com