Objective: The author 1) reassesses the case against a neuronal degeneration hypothesis
for schizophrenia; 2) demonstrates that the hypothesis that schizophrenia is a disorder …

OBJECTIVE: To review the past 10 years of clinical and research reports on learning
disorders. METHOD: The most common and best-researched type of learning disorder is …

Developmental dyslexia is a neurodevelopmental disorder with a strong genetic basis.
Previous studies observed white matter alterations in the left posterior brain regions in adults …

Deficits in phonological skills appear to be at the heart of reading disability; however, the
nature of this impairment is not yet known. The hypothesis that dyslexic subjects are …

Some visual processing deficits in developmental dyslexia have been attributed to
abnormalities in the subcortical M stream and/or the cortical dorsal stream of the visual …

Developmental dyslexia, a severe and persistent reading and spelling impairment, is
characterized by difficulties in processing speech sounds (ie, phonemes). Here, we test the …

The capacity for language is one of the key features underlying the complexity of human
cognition and its evolution. However, little is known about the neurobiological mechanisms …

The developmental disorders of childhood—autistic, developmental language, reading
(dyslexia), and attention deficit-hyperactivity disorders—manifest with deficits in the …

For the first time, there is a pathogenic hypothesis of schizophrenia based upon reasonable
empirical data. The hypothesis is that schizophrenia is a disorder arising from aberrant brain …

The corpus callosum is the largest commissure in the brain and acts as a “bridge” of nerve
fibres connecting the two cerebral hemispheres. It plays a crucial role in interhemispheric …