A meta-analytic review of cognition and reading difficulties: Individual differences, moderation, and language mediation mechanisms.

P Peng, Z Zhang, W Wang, K Lee, T Wang… - Psychological …, 2022 - psycnet.apa.org
Based on 378 studies, 541 independent samples, and over 34,000 participants, the current
meta-analysis aimed to explore the associations between cognition and reading difficulties …

Dyslexia: a deficit in visuo-spatial attention, not in phonological processing

TR Vidyasagar, K Pammer - Trends in cognitive sciences, 2010 - cell.com
Developmental dyslexia affects up to 10 per cent of the population and it is important to
understand its causes. It is widely assumed that phonological deficits, that is, deficits in how …

[HTML][HTML] How the visual aspects can be crucial in reading acquisition: The intriguing case of crowding and developmental dyslexia

S Gori, A Facoetti - Journal of vision, 2015 - iovs.arvojournals.org
Developmental dyslexia (DD) is the most common neurodevelopmental disorder (about
10% of children across cultures) characterized by severe difficulties in learning to read …

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 …

Multisensory spatial attention deficits are predictive of phonological decoding skills in developmental dyslexia

A Facoetti, AN Trussardi, M Ruffino… - Journal of cognitive …, 2010 - direct.mit.edu
Although the dominant approach posits that developmental dyslexia arises from deficits in
systems that are exclusively linguistic in nature (ie, phonological deficit theory), dyslexics …

The visual attention span deficit in dyslexia is visual and not verbal

M Lobier, R Zoubrinetzky, S Valdois - cortex, 2012 - Elsevier
The visual attention (VA) span deficit hypothesis of dyslexia posits that letter string deficits
are a consequence of impaired visual processing. Alternatively, some have interpreted this …

Neural dissociation of phonological and visual attention span disorders in developmental dyslexia: FMRI evidence from two case reports

C Peyrin, M Lallier, JF Demonet, C Pernet, M Baciu… - Brain and language, 2012 - Elsevier
A dissociation between phonological and visual attention (VA) span disorders has been
reported in dyslexic children. This study investigates whether this cognitively-based …

The visual‐attention span deficit in developmental dyslexia: Review of evidence for a visual‐attention‐based deficit

S Valdois - Dyslexia, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The visual attention span (VAS) deficit hypothesis in developmental dyslexia posits that a
subset of dyslexic individuals shows a multielement parallel processing deficit due to …

[HTML][HTML] Perceptual learning as a possible new approach for remediation and prevention of developmental dyslexia

S Gori, A Facoetti - Vision research, 2014 - Elsevier
Learning to read is extremely difficult for about 10% of children across cultures because they
are affected by developmental dyslexia (DD). According to the dominant view, DD is …

Visual spatial attention and speech segmentation are both impaired in preschoolers at familial risk for developmental dyslexia

A Facoetti, N Corradi, M Ruffino, S Gori, M Zorzi - Dyslexia, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Phonological skills are foundational of reading acquisition and impaired phonological
processing is widely assumed to characterize dyslexic individuals. However, reading by …