Dyslexia is characterised by poor reading ability. Its aetiology is probably multifactorial, with
abnormal visual processing playing an important role. Among adults with normal reading …

Background There is emerging evidence that individuals with developmental dyslexia show
deficits in visual–spatial attention. This study focused on visual searches and examined …

Interacting with a cluttered and dynamic environment requires making decisions about
visual information at relevant locations while ignoring irrelevant locations. Typical adults can …

The present study investigated the spatial distribution of visual attention in dyslexic and
normally reading children. The performances of the two groups were investigated using two …

Poor phonological processing has typically been considered the main cause of dyslexia.
However, visuo‐attentional processing abnormalities have been described as well. The goal …

Reading is explicitly taught and foreshadows academic and vocational success. Studies
comparing typical readers to those with developmental dyslexia have identified anatomical …

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 …

Attention has been hypothesized to act as a sequential gating mechanism for the orderly
processing of letters and words. These same visuoattentional processes are often assumed …

Some dyslexics cannot process multiple letters simultaneously. It has been argued that this
reduced visuo-attentional (VA) letter span could result from poor reading ability and …

A visual attention span (VAS) deficit has been widely reported in the Developmental
Dyslexia (DD) literature, however, consensus regarding what underlies this problem and the …