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Specific reading disability (dyslexia): what have we learned in the past four decades?
- F. Vellutino, J. Fletcher, M. Snowling, D. Scanlon
- Psychology, Medicine
- Journal of child psychology and psychiatry, and…
- 2004
We summarize some of the most important findings from research evaluating the hypothesized causes of specific reading disability ('dyslexia') over the past four decades. After outlining components of… Expand
Functional disruption in the organization of the brain for reading in dyslexia.
- S. Shaywitz, B. Shaywitz, +12 authors J. Gore
- Psychology, Medicine
- Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences…
- 3 March 1998
Learning to read requires an awareness that spoken words can be decomposed into the phonologic constituents that the alphabetic characters represent. Such phonologic awareness is characteristically… Expand
Cerebral organization of component processes in reading.
- K. Pugh, B. Shaywitz, +8 authors J. Gore
- Psychology, Medicine
- Brain : a journal of neurology
- 1 August 1996
The cerebral organization of word identification processes in reading was examined using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI). Changes in fMRI signal intensities were measured in 38 subjects… Expand
Sex differences in the functional organization of the brain for language
- B. Shaywitz, Sally E. Shaywltz, +8 authors J. Gore
- Medicine, Psychology
- Nature
- 16 February 1995
A MUCH debated question is whether sex differences exist in the functional organization of the brain for language1–4. A long-held hypothesis posits that language functions are more likely to be… Expand
Learning Disabilities : From Identification to Intervention
- J. Fletcher
- Psychology
- 15 November 2006
Introduction. History of the Field. Classification, Definition, and Identification of Learning Disabilities. Assessment of Learning Disabilities. Reading Disabilities: Word Recognition. Reading… Expand
Developmental changes in performance on tests of purported frontal lobe functioning
- H. Levin, K. A. Culhane, +6 authors J. Fletcher
- Psychology
- 1991
Dyslexia-specific brain activation profile becomes normal following successful remedial training
- P. Simos, J. Fletcher, +6 authors A. Papanicolaou
- Psychology, Medicine
- Neurology
- 23 April 2002
Objectives To examine changes in the spatiotemporal brain activation profiles associated with successful completion of an intensive intervention program in individual dyslexic children. Methods The… Expand
The cognitive correlates of third-grade skill in arithmetic, algorithmic computation, and arithmetic word problems
- L. Fuchs, D. Fuchs, +5 authors J. Fletcher
- Psychology
- 1 February 2006
The purpose of this study was to examine the cognitive correlates of 3rd-grade skill in arithmetic, algorithmic computation, and arithmetic word problems. Third graders (N = 312) were measured on… Expand
Cognitive profiles of reading disability: Comparisons of discrepancy and low achievement definitions.
- J. Fletcher, S. Shaywitz, +6 authors B. Shaywitz
- Psychology
- 1 March 1994
To examine the validity of distinguishing children with reading disabilities according to discrepancy and low-achievement definitions, we obtained four assessments of expected reading achievement and… Expand
Quantitative diffusion tensor tractography of association and projection fibers in normally developing children and adolescents.
- Thomas J. Eluvathingal, K. Hasan, L. Kramer, J. Fletcher, L. Ewing-Cobbs
- Psychology, Medicine
- Cerebral cortex
- 1 December 2007
Whole-brain diffusion tensor tractography (DTT) at high signal-to-noise ratio and angular and spatial resolutions were utilized to study the effects of age, sex differences, and lateral asymmetries… Expand