Developmental dyslexia: specific phonological deficit or general sensorimotor dysfunction?

F Ramus - Current opinion in neurobiology, 2003 - Elsevier
Dyslexia research now faces an intriguing paradox. It is becoming increasingly clear that a
significant proportion of dyslexics present sensory and/or motor deficits; however, as this …

The cognitive deficits responsible for developmental dyslexia: Review of evidence for a selective visual attentional disorder

S Valdois, ML Bosse, MJ Tainturier - Dyslexia, 2004 - Wiley Online Library
There is strong converging evidence suggesting that developmental dyslexia stems from a
phonological processing deficit. However, this hypothesis has been challenged by the …

Executive functions in developmental dyslexia

P Varvara, C Varuzza, ACP Sorrentino… - Frontiers in human …, 2014 - frontiersin.org
The present study was aimed at investigating different aspects of Executive Functions (EF) in
children with Developmental Dyslexia (DD). A neuropsychological battery tapping verbal …

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 …

Action video games enhance attentional control and phonological decoding in children with developmental dyslexia

S Bertoni, S Franceschini, G Puccio, M Mancarella… - Brain Sciences, 2021 - mdpi.com
Reading acquisition is extremely difficult for about 5% of children because they are affected
by a heritable neurobiological disorder called developmental dyslexia (DD). Intervention …

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 …

Dyslexia: the role of vision and visual attention

J Stein - Current developmental disorders reports, 2014 - Springer
Dyslexia is more than just difficulty with translating letters into sounds. Many dyslexics have
problems with clearly seeing letters and their order. These difficulties may be caused by …

E-readers are more effective than paper for some with dyslexia

MH Schneps, JM Thomson, C Chen, G Sonnert… - PloS one, 2013 - journals.plos.org
E-readers are fast rivaling print as a dominant method for reading. Because they offer
accessibility options that are impossible in print, they are potentially beneficial for those with …

A different vision of dyslexia: Local precedence on global perception

S Franceschini, S Bertoni, T Gianesini, S Gori… - Scientific reports, 2017 - nature.com
Individuals perceive the wor (l) d hierarchically. Firsty, the global visual scene is processed
by the right hemisphere, and later, the local features are perceived by the left hemisphere …

The gradient of visual attention in developmental dyslexia

A Facoetti, M Molteni - Neuropsychologia, 2001 - Elsevier
This study investigated the gradient of visual attention in 21 children, 11 children with
specific reading disorder (SRD) or dyslexia and 10 children with normal reading skills. We …