Dyslexia affects about 10% of all children and is a potent cause of loss of self-confidence, personal and family misery, and waste of potential. Although the dominant view is that it is caused by specifically linguistic/phonological weakness, recent research within the field of neuroscience has shown that it is associated wtih visual processing problems as well. These discoveries have led to a resurgence in visual methods of treatment, which have shown promising results. 'Visual aspects of dyslexia' brings together cutting edge research from a range of disciplines - including neurology, neuroscience, and the vision sciences, to present the first comprehensive review of this recent research. It includes chapters from leading specialists which, in addition to reporting on the latest research, show how this knowledge is being successfully applied in the development of effective visual treatments for this common problem. Sections within the book cover the role of eye movements in reading, visual attention and reading, the neural bases of reading, and the relationship between visual stress and dyslexia.
Making a valuable contribution in helping us develop a deeper understanding of dyslexia, this is an important book for those in the fields of psychology, neuroscience, and education.
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
Reviews for Visual Aspects of Dyslexia
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. Teri Lawton, Perception
