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Reading and Dyslexia: Visual and Attentional ProcessesEdited by John Everatt, Routledge, 1999.£27.50 (pbk) (xi 212 pages)ISBN 0415206332Normal reading in alphabetic languages begins with the perception of the letter units that make up words. Beyond this first stage in the process, however, there is no consensus about the mechanisms that are necessary for skilled reading, or how these might be impaired in specific reading disability (developmental dyslexia). Therefore, whereas many readers might consider a book about vision and attention in the context of reading to be narrow in scope, readers more experienced in the field of reading research will appreciate that there is plenty to be discussed within that focus.The association between dyslexia and visual processing difficulties has been known at least since W. Pringle Morgan described ‘congenital word blindness’ over a century ago 1xA case of congenital word blindness. Pringle Morgan, W. Br. Med. J. 1896; 2: 1378Crossref | PubMed | Scopus (181)See all
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