Dyslexia: Advances in Theory and Practice

Dyslexia: Advances in Theory and Practice edited by I. Lundberg, Finn Egil Tønnessen, Ingolv Austad.

A balanced view of recent research on reading disability is presented by leading international scholars representing various subdisciplines of psychology and allied sciences. The volume provides researchers, graduate students, educators and other professionals with up-dated and practical useful know...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Lundberg, I. (Editor), Tønnessen, Finn Egil (Editor), Austad, Ingolv (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 1999.
Edition:1st ed. 1999.
Series:Neuropsychology and Cognition, 16
Springer eBook Collection.
Subjects:
Psychology.
Cognitive psychology.
Applied linguistics.
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Table of Contents:
  • Editors’ Introduction
  • Editors’ Introduction
  • I: Theoretical Perspectives
  • Towards a Sharper Definition of Dyslexia
  • Theories of Deficits in Dyslexia
  • A Connectionist Perspective of Reading and its Difficulties
  • Cognitive Architecture of Early Reading
  • Automaticity, Automatization and Dyslexia
  • Awareness and Automaticity in Reading
  • II: The Impact of Orthography
  • Towards a Theoretical Framework for Understanding Reading Development and Dyslexia in Different Orthographies
  • What Can We Learn from Dyslexia in Chinese?
  • III: Biological Perspectives
  • Reasearch on Reading Disabilities in the Colorado Learning Disability Research Center
  • Exclusion of Linkage to 1p, 6p and Chromosome 15 in a Large Norwegian Family with Dyslexia
  • Brain Markers of Dyslexia: Planum Temporale Asymmetry and Dichotic Listening to CV-Syllables
  • Developmental Dyslexia: The Role of the Cerebellum
  • IV: Diagnostics and Treatment
  • Early Reading Problems: A Follow up 20 Years Later
  • A Diagnostic Procedure Based on Reading Component Model
  • Component Model-Based Remedial Treatment of Reading Disabilities
  • Do Pre-School Data Predict Resistance to Treatment in Phonological Awareness, Decoding and Spelling?
  • First Steps: A Program of Early Intervention
  • Author Index.

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