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Ebrahimi, Leila; Pouretemad, Hamidreza; Stein, John; Alizadeh, Ebrahim; Khatibi, Ali – Annals of Dyslexia, 2022
Research has shown improved reading following visual magnocellular training in individuals with dyslexia. Many studies have demonstrated how the magnocellular pathway controls visual spatial attention. Therefore, we have investigated the relationship between magnocellular pathway and visual spatial attention deficits in dyslexia in order to better…
Descriptors: Reading Ability, Spatial Ability, Dyslexia, Visual Perception
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Kuster, Sanne M.; van Weerdenburg, Marjolijn; Gompel, Marjolein; Bosman, Anna M. T. – Annals of Dyslexia, 2018
In two experiments, the claim was tested that the font "Dyslexie", specifically designed for people with dyslexia, eases reading performance of children with (and without) dyslexia. Three questions were investigated. (1) Does the Dyslexie font lead to faster and/or more accurate reading? (2) Do children have a preference for the Dyslexie…
Descriptors: Layout (Publications), Visual Aids, Dyslexia, Reading Rate
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Horowitz-Kraus, Tzipi; Holland, Scott K. – Annals of Dyslexia, 2015
The Reading Acceleration Program is a computerized program that improves reading and the activation of the error-detection mechanism in individuals with reading difficulty (RD) and typical readers (TRs). The current study aims to find the neural correlates for this effect in English-speaking 8-12-year-old children with RD and TRs using a…
Descriptors: Reading Programs, Acceleration (Education), Reading Difficulties, Reading Improvement
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Ise, Elena; Schulte-Korne, Gerd – Annals of Dyslexia, 2010
Orthographic spelling is a major difficulty in German-speaking children with dyslexia. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the effectiveness of an orthographic spelling training in spelling-disabled students (grade 5 and 6). In study 1, ten children (treatment group) received 15 individually administered weekly intervention sessions (60…
Descriptors: German, Spelling, Children, Dyslexia