It is estimated that up to 70% of the risk of developing dyslexia and of the variability in
reading abilities has a genetic origin. This chapter provides an overview of the different …

Dyslexia is a highly heritable learning disorder with a complex underlying genetic
architecture. Over the past decade, researchers have pinpointed a number of candidate …

Reading reflects the complex integration of several cognitive processes and proves more
difficult to achieve for a significant proportion of the population. Developmental dyslexia …

Developmental dyslexia, a specific impairment of reading ability despite adequate
intelligence and educational opportunity, is one of the most frequent childhood disorders …

Dyslexia is a common developmental disorder of unknown etiology. Behavioral and
biological studies of dyslexia are complicated by its phenotypic heterogeneity and the lack of …

The subfield of research on both typical and atypical reading de-velopment is one of the
most saturated with ideas, researchers, and financial support with respect to the fields of …

A review of the classic and recent evidence on the genetics of reading disability (RD) shows
encouraging progress, and accumulating evidence of genetic risk factors that operate within …

Dyslexia is among the most common neurodevelopmental disorders, with a prevalence of 5–
12%. At the phenotypic level, various cognitive components that enable reading and …

Among complex disorders, those concerning neuropsychiatric phenotypes involve particular
challenges compared to disorders with more easily distinguished clinical signs and …

Dyslexia is an interesting example of the intersection between an evolved behavior
(language) and a cultural invention (literacy). While there cannot be genes for reading or …