Dyslexia and Neuroscience (eBook)

Thirty years ago, the groundbreaking GeschwindGalaburda hypothesis defined the field of dyslexia, revealing and analyzing the complex associations among brain development, hormones, immune activity, and brain lateralization. This important volume revisits the hypothesis three decades later and explores key questions: What have we learned since then, and what still needs to be investigated?Based on presentations from the 2016 Extraordinary Brain Symposiumand coedited by one of the authors of the original hypothesisthis book synthesizes current dyslexia findings from more than 30 top researchers and practitioners. The contributors share diverse perspectives, concerns, challenges, and solutions, with brief jargonfree summaries at the beginning of each chapter to make the book accessible to a wider audience. Each chapter also points to research gaps and remaining questions to help shape future innovations from the next generation of researchers. A landmark addition to the literature on dyslexia and neuroscience, this forwardthinking volume should be on the shelf of every researcher and graduate student whose work focuses on neuroscience and dyslexia. EXPLORE CURRENT FINDINGS ONthe clinical and sociological aspects of dyslexia early atypical brain development in developmental dyslexiareading in children with developmental disordersbrain asymmetries and sex differences in developmental dyslexiasex differences in cognition and learningintergenerational transmission of reading and reading brain networksanimal models of early neural disruptionthe genetic factors that underlie handedness and left hemisphere language dominancethe genetics of specific reading disabilityand more essential dyslexia topicsWith contributions byDavid UrionJohn L.R. RubensteinGeert J. de VriesThomas G. OConnorTuongVi NguyenMargaret M. McCarthyFranck RamusEileen LudersDavid S. HongR. Holly FitchLaurie CuttingElena GrigorenkoSebastian Ocklenburg Silvia ParacchiniSergey Kornilov Heidi FeldmanNicole Landiand more