• DOI:10.1038/nrn3836
Corpus ID: 15268184

Sensory theories of developmental dyslexia: three challenges for research

@article{Goswami2015SensoryTO,
  title={Sensory theories of developmental dyslexia: three challenges for research},
  author={U. Goswami},
  journal={Nature Reviews Neuroscience},
  year={2015},
  volume={16},
  pages={43-54}
}

U. Goswami

Published 2015

Medicine, Psychology

Nature Reviews Neuroscience

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 several prominent sensory theories of dyslexia is closely scrutinized. Contrary to the causal claims being made, my analysis suggests that many proposed sensory deficits might result from the effects of reduced reading experience on the dyslexic brain. I therefore suggest that longitudinal studies of sensory… CONTINUE READING

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