We summarize some of the most important findings from research evaluating the
hypothesized causes of specific reading disability ('dyslexia') over the past four decades …

The self-teaching hypothesis proposes that phonological recoding functions as a self-
teaching mechanism enabling the learner to independently acquire an autonomous …

" Reviewing the state of the science of learning disabilities (LD) and describing effective
educational practices, this authoritative text has been significantly revised and expanded …

The Psychology of Language is a thorough revision and update of the popular second
edition. It contains everything the student needs to know about the psychology of language …

The last 25 years have seen tremendous advances in the study of psychological processes
in reading. Our growing body of knowledge on the reading process and reading acquisition …

In this study, we introduce a new analytic strategy for comparing the cognitive profiles of
children developing reading skills at different rates: a regression-based logic that is …

Several behavioral studies have shown that developmental dyslexics do poorly in tests
requiring rapid visual processing. In primates fast, low-contrast visual information is carried …

The visual attention (VA) span is defined as the amount of distinct visual elements which can
be processed in parallel in a multi-element array. Both recent empirical data and theoretical …

Reading impaired first graders were given daily tutoring as a “first cut” diagnostic to aid in
distinguishing between reading difficulties caused by basic cognitive deficits and those …

In this paper, we review several lines of convergent research to discuss the relationship
between developmental dyslexia and slow symbol naming speed. We describe the …