Developmental dyslexia is not just a literacy problem. Dyslexics' reading and spelling
difficulties are but two of a much larger number of differences between dyslexic and normal …

Some people doubt that the concept of developmental dyslexia (DD) is useful at all because
the phonological weaknesses seen in DD cannot be distinguished from those found in every …

Despite proving its usefulness for over a century, the concept of developmental dyslexia
(DD) is currently in severe disarray because of the recent introduction of the phonological …

Developmental dyslexics often complain that small letters appear to blur and move around
when they are trying to read. Anatomical, electrophysiological, psychophysical and brain …

The late 19th neurological concept of dyslexia had 3 crucial elements: selectively poor
reading, with unaffected other cognitive skills and a genetic background. The contemporary …

Background: Developmental dyslexia is a specific disorder of reading and spelling that
affects 3–9% of school-age children and adults. Contrary to the view that it results solely …

Until the 1950s, developmental dyslexia was defined as a hereditary visual disability,
selectively affecting reading without compromising oral or non-verbal reasoning skills. This …

Abstract Approximately 5% of 8–10-year-olds experience exceptional difficulties learning to
read (developmental dyslexia). This usually has a congenital basis; it runs in families, and …

In a recent review, Bernt Skottun1 strongly attacked the hypothesis that some dyslexics show
impaired development of the magnocellular pathway of their visual systems. Significantly …

Livingstone et al.[Livingstone, MS, Rosen, GD, Drislane, FW and Galaburda, AM
Physiological and anatomical evidence for a magnocellular defect in developmental …