We investigated the role of some specific neuropsychological functions in the aetiology of developmental dyslexia. Sixty dyslexics and sixty-five age-matched controls were compared on their performance in dorsal visual processing, visuo-spatial attention, implicit learning, frontal processing, and phonological short-term memory. Results showed that the dyslexics had lower performances in comparison to the controls in dorsal visual processing, visuo-spatial attention, and phonological short-term memory, and that these functions were significantly correlated with each other. These findings are in accordance with the hypothesis that developmental dyslexia is a multi-factorial deficit.
Multi-factorial deficits in developmental dyslexia / M. Benassi; S. Vicari; A. Facoetti; A. Finzi; D. Menghini; M. Ruffino; S. Giovagnoli; R. Bolzani. - In: PERCEPTION. - ISSN 0301-0066. - STAMPA. - 36:(2007), pp. 158-158. (Intervento presentato al convegno European Conference on Visual Perception tenutosi a Arezzo nel 27-31 Agosto 2007).
Multi-factorial deficits in developmental dyslexia
BENASSI, MARIAGRAZIA;GIOVAGNOLI, SARA;BOLZANI, ROBERTO
2007
Abstract
We investigated the role of some specific neuropsychological functions in the aetiology of developmental dyslexia. Sixty dyslexics and sixty-five age-matched controls were compared on their performance in dorsal visual processing, visuo-spatial attention, implicit learning, frontal processing, and phonological short-term memory. Results showed that the dyslexics had lower performances in comparison to the controls in dorsal visual processing, visuo-spatial attention, and phonological short-term memory, and that these functions were significantly correlated with each other. These findings are in accordance with the hypothesis that developmental dyslexia is a multi-factorial deficit.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
