Specific learning disabilities (SLDs) are highly relevant to the science and practice of
psychology, both historically and currently, exemplifying the integration of interdisciplinary …

Fluent reading depends on a complex set of cognitive processes that must work together in
perfect concert. Rapid automatized naming (RAN) tasks provide insight into this system …

The Dyslexia Debate examines how we use the term" dyslexia" and questions its efficacy as
a diagnosis. While many believe that a diagnosis of dyslexia will shed light on a reader's …

" Reviewing the state of the science of learning disabilities (LD) and describing effective
educational practices, this authoritative text has been significantly revised and expanded …

This paper elaborates on the components of a working definition of developmental dyslexia.
It follows the general format of a paper by Lyon published in Annals of Dyslexia in 1995 …

We summarize some of the most important findings from research evaluating the
hypothesized causes of specific reading disability ('dyslexia') over the past four decades …

Reading is a highly complex skill that is prerequisite to success in many societies in which a
great deal of information is communicated in written form. Since the 1970s, much has been …

On December 3, 2004, President Bush signed into law the Individuals with Disabilities
Education Improvement Act (IDEA, 2004). The revised law is different from the previous …

The authors propose an alternative conceptualization of the developmental dyslexias, the
double-deficit hypothesis (ie, phonological deficits and processes underlying naming-speed …

Between 5% and 8% of school-age children have some form of memory or cognitive deficit
that interferes with their ability to learn concepts or procedures in one or more mathematical …