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That someone, it turns out, is Kim himself, and in Inversions, he has created an entire book of words written in a fashion that visualizes their meanings--"calligraphic cartwheels," he calls them. "MIRROR" has left-to-right symmetry; so does "DYSLEXIA."" upside down" reads the same when rotated 180 degrees. The letters of "EGG" fit together to form an oval. "SYMMETRY" has rotational symmetry. (On the same page, neatly enough, "ASYMMETRY" has none...

Author: By Michael W. Miller, | Title: Trick or Treat | 10/23/1981 | See Source »

Geschwind, who will supervise the laboratory, said yesterday recent research performed by Galaburda and a Boston University researcher shows there is a biological basis for dyslexia, which was once thought to be a rare psychological abnormality. He added that the disorder results from "a congenital mistake in the wiring of the brain...

Author: By Charles W. Slack, | Title: Med School Receives Funding For New Research on Dyslexia | 11/14/1980 | See Source »

Representatives from the Medical School, an independent research organization and a Boston-area canning firm yesterday announced plans for the nation's first laboratory for dyslexia research...

Author: By Charles W. Slack, | Title: Med School Receives Funding For New Research on Dyslexia | 11/14/1980 | See Source »

Duane said the society chose the Med School because of the outstanding dyslexia work performed by two of its faculty members, Dr. Norman Geschwind. Putnam Professor of Neurology, and Dr. Albert M. Galaburda, instructor in Neurology...

Author: By Charles W. Slack, | Title: Med School Receives Funding For New Research on Dyslexia | 11/14/1980 | See Source »

Unless your cover girl with the backache [July 14] actually has situs inversus, then I fear your medical-graphics editor may suffer from dyslexia. The X ray on the cover is printed backward...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Aug. 11, 1980 | 8/11/1980 | See Source »

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