Dyslexics are more Creative - Here is Why - Hack Dyslexia. Power of Interconnected Reasoning.

So why are Dyslexics more creative than normal people? This video is about Interconnected reasoning one of the four cognitive gifts of dyslexic brains. If you found this video, it probably means you're a dyslexic. No doubt people have told you about the negative aspects of your dyslexic brain. But did you know some the most creative people in history have had dyslexia.So why do dyslexic people have this uncommon ability be incredibly creative?

I-strengths ( Interconnected Reasoning) create exceptional abilities to spot connections between different objects, concepts, or points of view. They include:

• The ability to see how phenomena (like objects, ideas, events, or experiences) are related to each other, either by “likeness” (similarity) or “togetherness” (that is, association, like correlation or cause and effect).

• The ability to see phenomena from multiple perspectives, using approaches and techniques borrowed from many disciplines.

• The ability to unite all kinds of information about a particular object of thought into a single global or big-picture view and to determine its gist, or most essential or relevant aspects in particular contexts.


Key points about why Dyslexics are more Creative:

The ability to spot important connections between various kinds of information is an important—and possibly even the most important—dyslexic advantage.

• I-strengths include the abilities to see relationships of likeness and “togetherness”; connections between perspectives and fields of knowledge; and big-picture or global connections that create heightened abilities in detecting gist, context, and relevance.

• I-strengths appear to be enhanced in individuals with dyslexia because their brain microcircuitry is biased toward the creation of highly interconnected, long-distance circuits that favor top-down, global processing and the recognition of unusual relationships.

• This structural and cognitive bias creates a trade-off between enhanced I-strengths and challenges with fast, efficient, and accurate fine-detail processing.

• Dyslexic learners with prominent I-strengths can be greatly aided in learning by performing a few simple steps, including providing summaries or overviews of longer reading passages, pre-learning key vocabulary, providing information about the practical importance and usefulness of material being taught, tying in new information with things pre-existing knowledge, and beginning courses or units with an overview of the goals, “the big picture,” and outlining the lesson plan that will be followed.


Please Check Out "The Dyslexic Advantage: Unlocking the Hidden Potential of the Dyslexic Brain" by Brock L. Eide M.D. M.A. and Fernette F. Eide M.D. To learn more about dyslexia. Hack Dyslexia series is based of the research in the book.