This chapter discusses the significant recent advances in our understanding of dyslexia
discusses the findings and the implications of the main research areas–neurological …

This chapter explains the reciprocal relation between the biology and psychology of reading
by reviewing what is known about how dyslexia develops, beginning with etiology (genes …

Forty per cent of a child's waking life is spent in school and one of the most intrusive impacts
on the success or otherwise of this experience is that of reading difficulties. Developmental …

Developmental dyslexia is a specific developmental disorder, whose neurobiological bases
are now widely accepted. Neuropsychological models of dyslexia have been traditionally …

Dyslexia is characterized by a severe, persistent reading disorder occurring in an intelligent
child. In the large field of learning disabilities, dyslexia is related to a cerebral dysfunction …

Developmental dyslexia is a neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by an unexpected
impairment in literacy acquisition leading to specific poor academic achievement and …

Introduction Adult dyslexia affects about 4% of the population. However, studies on the
neurobiological basis of dyslexia in adulthood are scarce compared to paediatric studies …

Reading is one of the highest forms of acquired cognitive functions. It comes as no surprise,
therefore, that the study of reading has attracted numerous investigators who, in spite of their …

In recent years, limitations of the discrepancy definition of specific reading difficulties have
led researchers to propose that dyslexia is best described as a core phonological deficit …