Summary: Researchers argue those with dyslexia are specialized to explore the unknown. This explorative bias has [View all]

Study Argues Developmental Dyslexia Essential to Human Adaptive Success
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·June 24, 2022

Summary: Researchers argue those with dyslexia are specialized to explore the unknown. This explorative bias has an evolutionary basis that plays a crucial role in human survival.

Source: University of Cambridge

https://neurosciencenews.com/developmental-dyslexia-exploration-20902/

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Cambridge researchers studying cognition, behavior and the brain have concluded that people with dyslexia are specialized to explore the unknown. This is likely to play a fundamental role in human adaptation to changing environments.

They think this ‘explorative bias’ has an evolutionary basis and plays a crucial role in our survival.

Based on these findings—which were apparent across multiple domains from visual processing to memory and at all levels of analysis—the researchers argue that we need to change our perspective of dyslexia as a neurological disorder.

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