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Peer reviewedLundberg, Ingvar; Nilson, Lars-Goran – Annals of Dyslexia, 1986
Church records of adult reading abilities as evaluated yearly by Swedish priests were examined from the eighteenth century in families characterized by poor reading and good reading ability. Although descendents of poor readers tended to demonstrate lower reading scores, transmission patterns did not indicate a simple genetic mechanism. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Churches, Family Characteristics, Foreign Countries, Genealogy
