Facets of Dyslexia and its Remediation

Edited by
  • Sarah F. Wright
  • Rudolf Groner - Insitute for Psychology, University of Bern, Switzerland
Volume 3,

Pages 3-646 (1993)

    1. Studies in Visual Information Processing 3

      Page ii
    1. Front Matter

      Page iii
    1. Copyright page

      Page iv
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    1. Preface

      Page v
    1. Contributors

      Pages vi-viii
    1. Introduction

      Pages xiv-xxiii
  1. I: Visual Processing

    1. Texture Segregation Based on Line Orientation Develops Late in Childhood

      Pages 3-12
    2. The Roles of Sustained (P) and Transient (M) Channels in Reading and Reading Disability

      Pages 13-31
    3. Do Dyslexics have a Visual Deficit?

      Pages 33-49
    4. Manifesto on Dyslexia

      Pages 51-63
    5. One Word at a Time: A Solution to the Visual Deficit in SRDs?

      Pages 65-76
    6. The Effects of Wavelength on Visual Processing and Reading Performance in Normal and Disabled Readers

      Pages 77-94
    7. The Role if Visual Processing in Good and Poor Readers′ Utilization of Orthographic Information in Letter Strings.

      Pages 95-106
    8. The Optimal Viewing Position for Children with Normal and with Poor Reading Abilities

      Pages 107-123
    9. Vision in Dyslexics: Letter Recognition Acuity, Visual Crowding, Contrast Sensitivity, Accommodation, Convergence and Sight Reading Music

      Pages 125-138
    10. Fixation, Contrast Sensitivity and Children's Reading

      Pages 139-162
    11. Perceptual and Cognitive Factors in Disabled and Normal Readers′ Perception and Memory of Unfamiliar Visual Symbols

      Pages 163-177
    12. Linking the Sensory and Motor Visual Correlates of Dyslexia

      Pages 179-191
    13. Toward an Ecologically Valid Analysis of Visual Processes in Dyslexic Readers

      Pages 193-206
    14. Some Reflections on Psychophysical Measurement with Dyslexic Children

      Pages 207-214
  2. II: Eye Movements

    1. Saccadic Eye Movements of Dyslexic Children in Non-Cognitive Tasks

      Pages 217-233
    2. Saccadic Eye Movements in Dyslexics, Low Achievers, and Competent Readers

      Pages 235-243
    3. Eye Movements in Reading Chinese: Paragraphs, Single Characters and Pinyin

      Pages 245-255
    4. Reading Vertically Without A Fovea

      Pages 257-265
    5. Eye and Head Reading Path in Hemianopic Patients

      Pages 267-287
  3. III: Language Processing

    1. A New Theoretical Framework for Understanding Reading and Spelling Tasks

      Pages 291-304
    2. Information Integration and Reading Disabilities

      Pages 305-320
    3. Visuospatial Ability and Language Processing in Reading Disabled and Normal Children

      Pages 321-335
    4. Rate of Elementary Symbol Processing in Dyslexics

      Pages 337-347
    5. The Development of Symbolic - Motor Performance in Minimal Brain Dysfunction Boys

      Pages 349-353
  4. IV: Attentional Correlates of Dyslexia

    1. Possible Attentional Origins of Word Decoding Deficits in Dyslexia

      Pages 357-370
    2. Towards the Origins of Dyslexia

      Pages 371-392
    3. The Development of the Autonomous Lexicon of Reading Disabled Students.

      Pages 393-407
  5. V: Emotional Correlates of Dyslexia

    1. Personality Characteristics of Adult Dyslexics

      Pages 411-423
    2. The Emotional Effects of Dyslexia

      Pages 425-433
  6. VI: Definition and Early Diagnosis of Dyslexia

    1. Dyslexia: Issues of Definition and Subtyping

      Pages 437-453
    2. Patterns of Development in Good and Poor Readers Age 6-11.

      Pages 455-481
    3. Development of The Dest Test for The Early Screening for Dyslexia

      Pages 483-496
  7. VII: Remediation: Principles and Techniques

    1. Dyslexia Therapy: in Search for A Rationale

      Pages 499-512
    2. Reason, Rhythm, Relaxation and The New Literacy: Implications for Curriculum Differentiation to Meet The Special Educational Needs of Pupils With Specific Learning Difficulties

      Pages 513-539
    3. Systematic Phonology: The Critical Element In Teaching Reading and Language to Dyslexics

      Pages 541-549
    4. Computer-Based Spelling Remediation For Dyslexic Children Using The Selfspell Environment

      Pages 551-565
    5. Visual and Linguistic Determinants of Reading Fluency in Dyslexics: A Classroom Study with Talking Computers.

      Pages 567-584
    6. Ophthalmologic Aspects of Dyslexia: Binocular Full Correction of Dyslexics With Prismatic Glasses

      Pages 585-600
    7. The Orthoptic Treatment of Dyslexia

      Pages 601-606
    8. Illiteracy In Adults: Results From A Survey Study of A Reading And Writing Tutorial Program For Adults

      Pages 607-621
    9. Reading Acquisition in Analphabetic Adults

      Pages 623-630
    1. Author Index

      Pages 631-642
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    1. Subject Index

      Pages 643-646
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ISBN: 978-0-444-89949-1

ISSN: 0926-907X