Sensory theories of developmental dyslexia: three challenges for research

U Goswami - Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 2015 - nature.com
Recent years have seen the publication of a range of new theories suggesting that the basis
of dyslexia might be sensory dysfunction. In this Opinion article, the evidence for and against …

A temporal sampling framework for developmental dyslexia

U Goswami - Trends in cognitive sciences, 2011 - cell.com
Neural coding by brain oscillations is a major focus in neuroscience, with important
implications for dyslexia research. Here, I argue that an oscillatory 'temporal …

[HTML][HTML] Action video games make dyslexic children read better

S Franceschini, S Gori, M Ruffino, S Viola, M Molteni… - Current biology, 2013 - cell.com
Learning to read is extremely difficult for about 10% of children; they are affected by a
neurodevelopmental disorder called dyslexia [1, 2]. The neurocognitive causes of dyslexia …

[BUCH][B] The dyslexia debate

JG Elliott, EL Grigorenko - 2014 - books.google.com
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 …

A causal link between visual spatial attention and reading acquisition

S Franceschini, S Gori, M Ruffino, K Pedrolli, A Facoetti - Current biology, 2012 - cell.com
Reading is a unique, cognitive human skill crucial to life in modern societies, but, for about
10% of the children, learning to read is extremely difficult. They are affected by a …

A definition of dyslexia

GR Lyon, SE Shaywitz, BA Shaywitz - Annals of dyslexia, 2003 - Springer
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 …

Theories of developmental dyslexia: insights from a multiple case study of dyslexic adults

F Ramus, S Rosen, SC Dakin, BL Day, JM Castellote… - Brain, 2003 - academic.oup.com
A multiple case study was conducted in order to assess three leading theories of
developmental dyslexia:(i) the phonological theory,(ii) the magnocellular (auditory and …

The current status of the magnocellular theory of developmental dyslexia

J Stein - Neuropsychologia, 2019 - Elsevier
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 …

Control of mental activities by internal models in the cerebellum

M Ito - Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 2008 - nature.com
The intricate neuronal circuitry of the cerebellum is thought to encode internal models that
reproduce the dynamic properties of body parts. These models are essential for controlling …

Dyslexia (specific reading disability)

SE Shaywitz, BA Shaywitz - Biological psychiatry, 2005 - Elsevier
Converging evidence from a number of lines of investigation indicates that dyslexia
represents a disorder within the language system and more specifically within a particular …