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Re:Why are some bilingual people dyslexic in English but not... by Florin_Andrei on Friday October 16, 2020 @03:08PM (#24803973)
I think this is a strong indication that dyslexia is associated with the more analytical parts of text processing. The Chinese characters are likely processed in a more synthetic, whole-image kind of way.
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Re:Why are some bilingual people dyslexic in English but not... by hnick on Saturday October 17, 2020 @05:05AM (#24808647)
You may find this interesting:

https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/its-all-ch...

"Researchers looking at the brains of dyslexic Chinese children have discovered that the disorder in that language often stems from two separate, independent problems: sound and visual perception."

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Re:Why are some bilingual people dyslexic in English but not... by neom on Friday October 16, 2020 @05:13PM (#24805110)
There is some interesting research on this using fmri: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-aRfWcfCYKM
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