Visual Aspects of Dyslexia

Zusatztext Visual Aspects of Dyslexia presents a firm foundation for the role of visual deficits - in particular, deficits in magnocellular function in the dorsal stream - as a major underlying cause of dyslexia. ... This is a very interesting approach, which builds upon previous studies ... Students will find the chapters on eye movements and binocular control, as well as those on visual spacial attention and how it affects the dyslexic's ability to encode words during reading acquisition, particularly informative. ... It will be a rich resource for researchers in the perception community. Klappentext Although the dominant view of dyslexia is that it is caused by linguistic/phonological weakness, recent research within neuroscience has shown that it is associated with visual processing problems as well. This book brings together research from neurology, neuroscience, and the vision sciences to present a cutting edge review of this topic. Zusammenfassung Although the dominant view of dyslexia is that it is caused by linguistic/phonological weakness, recent research within neuroscience has shown that it is associated with visual processing problems as well. This book brings together research from neurology, neuroscience, and the vision sciences to present a cutting edge review of this topic. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1: Jean-François Démonet and Caroline Reilhac: A neurological account of dyslexia 2: Burkhart Fischer: Subitizing, Dynamic Vision, Saccade and Fixation Control in Dyslexia 3: Zoï Kapoula: Movements of the eyes in 3d space: deficits of vergence and binocular coordination in dyslexia 4: Arnold Wilkins: Origins of visual stress 5: Elizabeth G. Conlon: Visual Discomfort and Reading 6: Chris Singleton: Visual stress and its relationship to dyslexia 7: Sylviane Valdois, Delphine Lassus-Sangosse, and Muriel Lobier: The visual nature of the disorder of visual attention span in developmental dyslexia 8: Andrea Facoetti: Spatial Attention Disorders in Developmental Dyslexia: Towards Prevention of Deficits in Reading Acquisition 9: Kristen Pammer: The role of the dorsal pathway in word recognition 10: Trichur R Vidyasagar: Aetiology of Dyslexia: a visual perspective on a phonological marker 11: John Stein: Visual Contributions to Reading Difficulties - the Magnocellular Theory ...

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• Authors: Zoi Kapoula, John Stein, John/ Kapoula Stein
• Assisted by: Zo¨i ( Kapoula (Editor), Zoi Kapoula (Editor), Zoï Kapoula (Editor), Zoi ( Kapoula (Editor), Zoi (Service d'Ophtalmologie Kapoula (Editor), John Stein (Editor), John ( Stein (Editor), John (Department Physiology Stein (Editor)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 25.10.2012
• EAN: 9780199589814
• ISBN: 978-0-19-958981-4
• No. of pages: 224
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education; Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Applied psychology; SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Neuroscience, PSYCHOLOGY / Developmental / Child, MEDICAL / Optometry, EDUCATION / Special Education / Learning Disabilities, Child & developmental psychology, Neurosciences, Child, developmental and lifespan psychology, Teaching of students with learning difficulties, Teaching of dyslexic students, Optometry / opticians