Reading & Dyslexia

Question 1

In what type of languages are dyslexia rates higher in?

Answer 1

Opaque languages (English)

Question 2

What is the lexical and non-lexical route?

Answer 2

Lexical; Fluent Reading

Non-lexical; Learning to read

Question 3

What part of the brain responds to letters & words?

Answer 3

occipitotemporal cortex

Question 4

Pure Alexia?

Answer 4

Patient has to spell out words to recognize them.

Question 5

How does literacy affect brain lateralization in visual processing?

Answer 5

Literacy increases activation in the VWFA in the left hemisphere and causes a shift in face processing to the right hemisphere. (Neuronal Recycling)

Question 6

Reading is a skill that relies on….?

Answer 6

A number of cognitive mechanisms which were designed for other functions

Question 7

Who coined Neuronal Recycling?

Answer 7

Dehaene

Question 8

According to Behrmann, how does reading acquisition affect face processing?

Answer 8

From a developmental perspective, lateralization of face processing to the right hemisphere follows the acquisition of reading.

Whereas Dehaene says reading recycles brain areas.

Question 9

What is holistic processing?

Answer 9

Obligatory attention to all parts of a stimulus—processing the whole rather than isolated parts.
The Thatcher Illusion
THOMPSON

Question 10

How is global processing related to dyslexia?

Answer 10

In dyslexia, there is heightened global processing, which affects the ability to focus on the finer details of words and letters.