Science Focus – Amy Barrett
“The strengths of the dyslexic brain could have evolved as humans adapted to a changing environment. To survive, we needed to learn skills and acquire habits, but we also needed to be creative and find novel solutions through exploration. In their new study, Dr Helen Taylor and Dr Martin Vestergaard say that because the brain has limited capacity, the only way to get better at adapting was by specialising in different strategies. Some people became more specialised in exploiting learned information, while others focused more on discovery and invention.” (more)