Sensory theories of developmental dyslexia: three challenges for research

U Goswami - Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 2015 - nature.com
Recent years have seen the publication of a range of new theories suggesting that the basis
of dyslexia might be sensory dysfunction. In this Opinion article, the evidence for and against …

Developmental dyslexia: specific phonological deficit or general sensorimotor dysfunction?

F Ramus - Current opinion in neurobiology, 2003 - Elsevier
Dyslexia research now faces an intriguing paradox. It is becoming increasingly clear that a
significant proportion of dyslexics present sensory and/or motor deficits; however, as this …

[HTML][HTML] Development of human visual function

O Braddick, J Atkinson - Vision research, 2011 - Elsevier
By 1985 newly devised behavioural and electrophysiological techniques had been used to
track development of infants' acuity, contrast sensitivity and binocularity, and for clinical …

Goal-directed aiming: two components but multiple processes.

D Elliott, S Hansen, LEM Grierson, J Lyons… - Psychological …, 2010 - psycnet.apa.org
This article reviews the behavioral literature on the control of goal-directed aiming and
presents a multiple-process model of limb control. The model builds on recent variants of …

[HTML][HTML] Young children do not integrate visual and haptic form information

M Gori, M Del Viva, G Sandini, DC Burr - Current Biology, 2008 - cell.com
Several studies have shown that adults integrate visual and haptic information (and
information from other modalities) in a statistically optimal fashion, weighting each sense …

I. The neurocognitive profile of Williams syndrome: a complex pattern of strengths and weaknesses

U Bellugi, L Lichtenberger, W Jones, Z Lai… - Journal of cognitive …, 2000 - direct.mit.edu
The rare, genetically based disorder, Williams syndrome (WMS), produces a constellation of
distinctive cognitive, neuroanatomical, and electrophysiological features which we explore …

Enhanced and diminished visuo-spatial information processing in autism depends on stimulus complexity

A Bertone, L Mottron, P Jelenic, J Faubert - Brain, 2005 - academic.oup.com
Visuo-perceptual processing in autism is characterized by intact or enhanced performance
on static spatial tasks and inferior performance on dynamic tasks, suggesting a deficit of …

Research Review: Williams syndrome: a critical review of the cognitive, behavioral, and neuroanatomical phenotype

MA Martens, SJ Wilson… - Journal of Child …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
This review critically examines the research findings which characterize the cognitive,
behavioral, and neuroanatomical features of Williams syndrome (WS). This article analyzes …

Visual recognition of biological motion is impaired in children with autism

R Blake, LM Turner, MJ Smoski… - Psychological …, 2003 - journals.sagepub.com
Autistic children and typically developing control children were tested on two visual tasks,
one involving grouping of small line elements into a global figure and the other involving …

Normal and anomalous development of visual motion processing: motion coherence and 'dorsal-stream vulnerability'

O Braddick, J Atkinson, J Wattam-Bell - Neuropsychologia, 2003 - Elsevier
Directional motion processing is a pervasive and functionally important feature of the visual
system. Behavioural and VEP studies indicate that it appears as a cortical function after …