Third World populations with a persisting high percentage of preliterates within individual groups draw specifically distorted patterns of the human face characteristic of 'neolithic art' to a degree negatively correlated with the accessibility of reading instruction. A subgroup of 'Western' dyslexic youths also draw these distorted face patterns, which, moreover, facilitate infants 'smiling response'. These findings suggest the persistence of a developmentally early visual representational mode which proceeds in a global way, disregarding differences in characterizing details, whether of face patterns or of lexical symbols. © 1980 Birkhäuser Verlag.
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Pontius, A. A. (1980). Pre-literate people in New Guinea and indonesia draw specifically distorted faces, as do “Western” dyslexics, using a paleo visual-representational mode. Experientia, 36(1), 83–86. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02003989
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