Dyslexia is the most commonly occurring learning disability in the United States,
characterized by difficulties with word recognition, spelling, and decoding. A growing body of …

In a previous study (AJ Fawcett, RI Nicolson, & P. Dean, 1996), the authors had found strong
behavioral evidence for cerebellar deficit in a panel of children with dyslexia. In the present …

This paper explored the claim that only children with developmental dyslexia, whose
reading ability is discrepant from their average general reasoning ability show specific …

Data from the 10‐year follow‐up of the 1970 British Births Survey were examined for
associations between motor performance and dyslexia. Five tests of motor performance …

It is now thought that the cerebellum is involved in the acquisition of “language dexterity” in
addition to its established role in motor skill acquisition and execution. Mild cerebellar …

Developmental dyslexia is diagnosed when literacy skills are not commensurate with a
person's general cognitive ability and education. While the most common difficulty found in …

The main aims of this study were a) to assess the cerebellar deficit hypothesis examining
children's performance in cerebellar and cognitive tasks associated with the dyslexic …

In the presence of developmental dyslexia, there is high probability of motor difficulties being
present as well purposes: The purposes of this study were to characterize and compare the …

Balance difficulties are an enduring feature of dyslexia research, however results have been
inconsistent. We propose that between‐study heterogeneity may be attributable to variability …

Developmental dyslexia may affect as much as 15% of the population, but the aetiology of
the disorder is still being debated. The cerebellar theory of dyslexia proposes that cerebellar …