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Seidenberg, Mark S.; McClelland, James L. – Psychological Review, 1989
A parallel distributed processing model of visual word recognition and pronunciation is described. A key feature is the assumption that there is a simple, uniform procedure for computing a phonological representation from an orthographic representation for irregular words as well as regular words. (SLD)
Descriptors: Child Development, Cognitive Processes, Dyslexia, English

Rooney, Karen J. – Intervention in School and Clinic, 1991
The article offers guidelines to educators evaluating controversial therapies and applies them to four such therapies: tinted lenses as a cure for dyslexia; orthomolecular treatments for learning disabilities; pharmaceutical intervention for dyslexia; and visual training for children with learning disabilities. (DB)
Descriptors: Drug Therapy, Dyslexia, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods