The relationship between language-processing and visual-processing deficits in developmental dyslexia

L Cestnick, M Coltheart - Cognition, 1999 - Elsevier
Some research on developmental dyslexia focuses on linguistic abnormalities such as poor
reading of nonwords or poor reading of exception words. Other research focuses on visual …

Visual deficits in developmental dyslexia: relationships between non‐linguistic visual tasks and their contribution to components of reading

MW Jones, HP Branigan, ML Kelly - Dyslexia, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Developmental dyslexia is often characterized by a visual deficit, but the nature of this
impairment and how it relates to reading ability is disputed (Brain 2003; 126: 841–865). In …

More than words: a common neural basis for reading and naming deficits in developmental dyslexia?

EJ McCrory, A Mechelli, U Frith, CJ Price - Brain, 2005 - academic.oup.com
Dyslexic individuals show subtle impairments in naming pictures of objects in addition to
their difficulties with reading. The present study investigated whether word reading and …

Functional neuroimaging studies of reading and reading disability (developmental dyslexia)

KR Pugh, WE Mencl, AR Jenner, L Katz… - Mental retardation …, 2000 - Wiley Online Library
Converging evidence from a number of neuroimaging studies, including our own, suggest
that fluent word identification in reading is related to the functional integrity of two …

The relationship between visuo-spatial attention and nonword reading in developmental dyslexia

A Facoetti, M Zorzi, L Cestnick, ML Lorusso… - Cognitive …, 2006 - Taylor & Francis
Focused visuo-spatial attention was studied in 10 developmental dyslexic children with
impaired nonword reading, 10 dyslexic children with intact nonword reading, and 12 …

Neurobiological studies of reading and reading disability

KR Pugh, WE Mencl, AR Jenner, L Katz, SJ Frost… - Journal of …, 2001 - Elsevier
Evidence from neuroimaging studies, including our own, suggest that skilled word
identification in reading is related to the functional integrity of two consolidated left …

Neural basis of dyslexia: a comparison between dyslexic and nondyslexic children equated for reading ability

F Hoeft, A Hernandez, G McMillon… - Journal of …, 2006 - Soc Neuroscience
Adults and children with developmental dyslexia exhibit reduced parietotemporal activation
in functional neuroimaging studies of phonological processing. These studies used age …

Different underlying neurocognitive deficits in developmental dyslexia: a comparative study

D Menghini, A Finzi, M Benassi, R Bolzani, A Facoetti… - Neuropsychologia, 2010 - Elsevier
The aim of this study was to investigate the role of several specific neurocognitive functions
in developmental dyslexia (DD). The performances of 60 dyslexic children and 65 age …

To see but not to read; the magnocellular theory of dyslexia

J Stein, V Walsh - Trends in neurosciences, 1997 - cell.com
Developmental dyslexics often complain that small letters appear to blur and move around
when they are trying to read. Anatomical, electrophysiological, psychophysical and brain …

Dyslexia and attentional shifting

G Stoet, H Markey, B López - Neuroscience letters, 2007 - Elsevier
Dyslexia is a neurocognitive deficit primarily expressed in reading difficulties, but also
affecting non-linguistic performance. Several studies report that dyslexics perform differently …