The Neuropsychology of Developmental Dyslexia

Issues discussed in this volume include: neurocognitive developmental disorders; atypical brain development; and genetic and environmental influences on orthographic and phonological skills in children with reading disabilities.

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Attempts to solve the mysteries of neurocognitive developmental disorders have increasingly concentrated on brain-related research. In addition to a substantial growth in functional brain imaging studies, behavioral genetic and psychophysical studies have uncovered a variety of brain-related differences between children with a developmental disorder, such as dyslexia and typical age-mates. This compendium of articles contains five papers summarizing essential blocks of actual results of research and theoretical conceptions required to understand the multi-level influences that explain the emergence of developmental dyslexia as an exampled case of developmental disorders. The selection intentionally covers different, even conflicting views in order to motivate discussion.