Electrophysiological studies have shown that the magnocellular path does not operate properly in dyslexics: it is one-twentieth of a second slower in its response than in normalsubjects.
He enriched the oxygen or the carbon dioxide in the air breathed by experimental subjects and found not a hint of suppression or exacerbation of yawning compared with control subjects breathing normal air.
It aims to give pupils from the top 5% of the 11 to 16 age group experience of subjects not often taught in normal schools, such as astronomy, Japanese and forensics.
In a recent paper in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Ms Peleg describes filming 21 interviews with people who have been blind since birth, and 30 interviews with normal-sighted people, all of whom were genetically related to her blind subjects.