THE STIMULATION OF CREATIVE ACTMTY IN DYSLEXIC ADULTS
Journal Title: Acta Neuropsychologica - Year 2009, Vol 7, Issue 2
Abstract
[b]SUMMARY[/b]A literaturę review concerning dyslexia, including several empi -ri cal studies and work of a morę theoretical naturę, suggests that there is a connection between creative activity and devel-opmental dyslexia. The aim of our research was to test the hy -pothesis that such a correlation exists, and that creativity can be trained in dyslexic persons. 40 students in their first years of college study took part in the experiment: 20 dyslexic students diagnosed in school, and 20 non-dyslexic students selected for a control group, matched for age, sex, and field of study. Ali these subjects took part in an art therapy program carried out during a 3-week rehabilitation course organized by the Reintegration and Training Center of the Foundation for Persons with Brain Dysfunction. Classes were taught by a qualified art therapy teacher and a clinical psy-chologist. The participants were assessed with the use of the „Apple Picking” test, assessing creative skills, which was ad mi -nistered before and after art therapy. There is a connection between developmental dyslexia and cre a tivity in dyslexic persons, indicated by a higher level of generał artistic talents, freedom of applying colors and the ability to match them, and the artistic level of drawing (in respect to real-ism and the number of details). We also fund that the stimulation of creative activity with the use of art therapy gives better results in the case of dyslexic adults than in healthy controls. There exists a significant correlation between creative abilities and developmental dyslexia. Our data also show that dyslexic students have greater possibilities to train these skills. The pro-posed creativity training results in technically better drawings by dyslexic students without features of pathology, though at the cost of some originality.
Authors and Affiliations
Maria Pąchalska, Katarzyna Bogdanowicz, Marta Łockiewicz
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