Jun 28, 2022
People with developmental dyslexia have special skills in exploring the unknown, say researchers
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These strengths, says their new study, has contributed to the human species adapting and surviving.
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Scientists from University of Cambridge say this 'explorative bias' has an evolutionary basis.
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Dyslexia is found in up to 20% of a population, irrespective of their country, culture or region .
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It is seen as a learning disability which affects reading, writing and spelling skills of children.
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After these findings, the scientists say that dyslexia cannot be seen as a neurological disorder.
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They like to see it thus: our ancestors evolved to specialize in complementary ways of thinking.
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This increases our ability to adapt through collaboration and to exploring new and unknown ideas.
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And that collaboration between people with diverse abilities is what gave us the capacity to survive.
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