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Lockiewicz, Marta; Bogdanowicz, Katarzyna M.; Bogdanowicz, Marta – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2014
The aim of our study was to describe specific psychological resources of adults with developmental dyslexia and compare them with psychological resources of adults without developmental dyslexia. Potential differences were analyzed in visual-spatial, creative, and motivational abilities. No evidence was found for either creative, or visuospatial…
Descriptors: Developmental Disabilities, Dyslexia, Adults, Visual Perception
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Ram-Tsur, Ronit; Faust, Miriam; Zivotofsky, Ari Z. – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2008
The present study investigates the performance of persons with reading disabilities (PRD) on a variety of sequential visual-comparison tasks that have different working-memory requirements. In addition, mediating relationships between the sequential comparison process and attention and memory skills were looked for. Our findings suggest that PRD…
Descriptors: Reading Difficulties, Short Term Memory, Visual Perception, Attention
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Winters, Roberta L.; And Others – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1989
Visual persistence was investigated in adults with and without dyslexia in order to determine whether dyslexic adults demonstrate problems similar to those found in childhood dyslexia. Results showed that sensitivity of dyslexic adults was impaired when parts of a test stimulus were presented to adjacent retinal areas, suggesting that under…
Descriptors: Adults, Comparative Analysis, Dyslexia, Vision Tests
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Skottun, Bernt C.; Parke, Lesley A. – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1999
Examines the assumption that the parvocellular system is suppressed by the magnocellular system during saccadic eye movements and that this visual deficit is associated with dyslexia. Evidence from six studies indicates the magnocellular system is suppressed during saccadic eye movements, disproving the magnocellular deficit theory of dyslexia.…
Descriptors: Adults, Children, Dyslexia, Etiology