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A Gene Causing Dyslexia Found

Posted by timothy on from the hopeful-signs dept.

Rovaani writes "A group of Finnish scientist have found a gene causing dyslexia. Dyslexia is the most common learning disorder among children and affects anywhere between 3 percent and 10 percent of the population."

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  1. And... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...in other news: Dubya stops wearing jeans.

  2. Re:Ageing causes dyslexia? by iMMersE · · Score: 5, Funny

    Have you ever seen a dead person read?

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  3. Genius Gene has been found! by erinacht · · Score: 4, Interesting

    A remarkable number of people that are rated as geniuses have/had dyslexia

    examples are:
    Leonardo DaVinci
    Michael Faraday
    Thomas Edison


    and more here.
    I wonder if they could poke the genius bit on but leave the learning difficulty out, or perhaps the different way of learning that dyslexics have makes a far better connected brain than us normal saps have

    Info about the GIFT of dyslexia