Table 4.

Performance of the 44 dyslexics and 40 matched controls on the order-reconstruction and recognition conditions of the Hindi and Japanese tasks

Tasks	Dyslexics				Controls		Comparison
	Mean	SD	z-score	% impaired	Mean	SD	F(1, 83)	p
Order reconstruction
Simultaneous
Hindi	34.4	13.6	0.2	5	32.0	11.8	0.7	ns
Japanese	45.5	10.3	0.2	0	42.4	15	1.2	ns
Total	40.5	9.4	0.2	0	37.8	11.5	1.5	ns
Sequential
Hindi	28.1	14.2	0.9	14	16	14.1	15.4	<.001
Japanese	28.5	14.1	0.8	18	18	13	12.7	.001
Total	28.4	12.7	0.9	16	17.1	12.2	17.2	<.001
H&J recognition
Simultaneous
Hindi	28.5	6.7	0.1	2	27.5	8.1	0.4	ns
Japanese	26.9	7.1	−0.2	0	28.6	7	1.2	ns
Total	27.6	6	−0.1	0	28.1	6.9	0.1	ns
Sequential
Hindi	24.6	6.3	0.3	2	22.5	7.7	2.0	ns
Japanese	20.8	7.5	0	2	20.7	7.5	0.0	ns
Total	23.6	6	0.1	0	21.5	6.7	0.6	ns

Note: Results are all in percentage of errors. H&J = Hindi and Japanese.