In the past decade, research on bilingual visual word recognition has given rise to a new
line of study focusing on a sublexical orthographic variable referred to as orthographic …

Introduction It is well known that a difficulty in forming lexical representations is a strong
predictor of reading and spelling difficulties even after controlling for the effects of other …

We examined reading, spelling, and mathematical skills in an unselected group of 129
Italian fifth graders by testing various cognitive predictors for each behaviour. As dependent …

Inordertoattainliteracy, childrenmustlearntherelationsbetweenthew… (alphabetical) symbols
and the spoken language. This is an especially challenging task for learners given that …

This study examined the ability to master lexical processing and use knowledge of the
relative frequency of sound–spelling mappings in both reading and spelling. Twenty-four …

The issue of literacy challenges among dyslexic adults remains a significant concern. This
study investigates spelling deficits among highly educated adults with dyslexia learning a …

This paper investigated the role that types of knowledge beyond phonology have on spelling
development, such as knowledge of morpheme-to-grapheme mappings, of orthographic …

The study examines statistical learning in the spelling of Italian children with dyslexia and
typically developing readers by studying their sensitivity to probabilistic cues in phoneme …

We critically examine the procedural deficit hypothesis (PDH) that proposes that a deficit in
procedural (as opposed to declarative) learning underlies dyslexia and other developmental …

Learning skills (as well as disorders) tend to be associated; however, cognitive models
typically focus either on reading, spelling or maths providing no clear basis for interpreting …