Facets of Dyslexia and its Remediation

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Studies in Visual Information Processing 3
Page ii

Front Matter
Page iii

Copyright page
Page iv

Preface
Page v

Contributors
Pages vi-viii

Introduction
Pages xiv-xxiii

Texture Segregation Based on Line Orientation Develops Late in Childhood
Pages 3-12
R. Sireteanu, W. Singer, C. Rieth

The Roles of Sustained (P) and Transient (M) Channels in Reading and Reading Disability
Pages 13-31
B.G. Breitmeyer

Do Dyslexics have a Visual Deficit?
Pages 33-49
W. Lovegrove

Manifesto on Dyslexia
Pages 51-63
G. Geiger, J. Lettvin

One Word at a Time: A Solution to the Visual Deficit in SRDs?
Pages 65-76
R. Hill, W.J. Lovegrove

The Effects of Wavelength on Visual Processing and Reading Performance in Normal and Disabled Readers
Pages 77-94
A. Rock-Faucheux, K. LeCluyse, Mary Williams

The Role of Visual Processing in Good and Poor Readers' Utilization of Orthographic Information in Letter Strings
Pages 95-106
E. Corcos, D.M. Willows

The Optimal Viewing Position for Children with Normal and with Poor Reading Abilities
Pages 107-123
M. Brysbaert, C. Meyers

Vision in Dyslexics: Letter Recognition Acuity, Visual Crowding, Contrast Sensitivity, Accommodation, Convergence and Sight Reading Music
Pages 125-138
J. Atkinson

Fixation, Contrast Sensitivity and Children's Reading
Pages 139-162
P. Cornelissen

Perceptual and Cognitive Factors in Disabled and Normal Readers' Perception and Memory of Unfamiliar Visual Symbols
Pages 163-177
D.M. Willows, E. Corcos, J.R. Kershner

Linking the Sensory and Motor Visual Correlates of Dyslexia
Pages 179-191
B.J.W. Evans, N. Drasdo, I.L. Richards

Toward an Ecologically Valid Analysis of Visual Processes in Dyslexic Readers
Pages 193-206
R.S. Kruk, D.M. Willows

Some Reflections on Psychophysical Measurement with Dyslexic Children
Pages 207-214
P.U. Müller

Saccadic Eye Movements of Dyslexic Children in Non-Cognitive Tasks
Pages 217-233
M. Biscaldi, B. Fischer

Saccadic Eye Movements in Dyslexics, Low Achievers, and Competent Readers
Pages 235-243
H. Fields, S. Newman, S.F. Wright

Eye Movements in Reading Chinese: Paragraphs, Single Characters and Pinyin
Pages 245-255
F. Sun

Reading Vertically Without a Fovea
Pages 257-265
N. Osaka

Eye and Head Reading Path in Hemianopic Patients
Pages 267-287
D. Schoepf, W.H. Zangemeister

A New Theoretical Framework for Understanding Reading and Spelling Tasks
Pages 291-304
E. Graf

Information Integration and Reading Disabilities
Pages 305-320
K.L. Holtz

Visuospatial Ability and Language Processing in Reading Disabled and Normal Children
Pages 321-335
G.F. Eden, J.F. Stein, F.B. Wood

Rate of Elementary Symbol Processing in Dyslexics
Pages 337-347
R. Yap, A. van der Leij

The Development of Symbolic - Motor Performance in Minimal Brain Dysfunction Boys
Pages 349-353
P. Cakirpaloglu, T. Radil

Possible Attentional Origins of Word Decoding Deficits in Dyslexia
Pages 357-370
R. Stringer, J. Kershner

Towards the Origins of Dyslexia
Pages 371-392
R.I. Nicolson, A.J. Fawcett

The Development of the Autonomous Lexicon of Reading Disabled Students
Pages 393-407
A. van der Leij

Personality Characteristics of Adult Dyslexics
Pages 411-423
A.J. Richardson, J.F. Stein

The Emotional Effects of Dyslexia
Pages 425-433
J. Edwards

Dyslexia: Issues of Definition and Subtyping
Pages 437-453
S.F. Wright, R. Groner

Patterns of Development in Good and Poor Readers Age 6 – 11
Pages 455-481
J. Whyte

Development of the Dest Test for the Early Screening for Dyslexia
Pages 483-496
A.J. Fawcett, S. Pickering, R.I. Nicolson

Dyslexia Therapy: In Search for a Rationale
Pages 499-512
F. Gaillard

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
C.M. Hunter-Carsch

Systematic Phonology: The Critical Element in Teaching Reading and Language to Dyslexics: Analysis of Project Read, a systematic phonology, multi-sensory reading/language arts program piloted in regular education classrooms of three Louisiana school districts during the 1990–1991 academic year
Pages 541-549
J. Greene

Computer-Based Spelling Remediation for Dyslexic Children using the Selfspell Environment
Pages 551-565
R.I. Nicolson, A.J. Fawcett

Visual and Linguistic Determinants of Reading Fluency in Dyslexics: A Classroom Study with Talking Computers
Pages 567-584
D. Moseley

Ophthalmologic Aspects of Dyslexia: Binocular Full Correction of Dyslexics with Prismatic Glasses
Pages 585-600
D. Pestalozzi

The Orthoptic Treatment of Dyslexia
Pages 601-606
D. Safra

Illiteracy in Adults: Results from a Survey Study of a Reading and Writing Tutorial Program for Adults
Pages 607-621
S. Burri, R. Hänni

Reading Acquisition in Analphabetic Adults
Pages 623-630
U. Tymister

Author Index
Pages 631-642

Subject Index
Pages 643-646