Variations within a subtype
- Surface dyslexia is characterised by poor reading of irregular words while nonword reading can be completely normal. Previous work has identified several theoretical possibilities for the underlying locus of impairment in surface dyslexia. In this study, we systematically investigated whether children with surface dyslexia showed different patterns of reading performance that could be traced back to different underlying levels of impairment. To do this, we tested 12 English readers, replicating previous work in Hebrew (Gvion & Friedmann, 2013; 2016; Friedmann & Lukov, 2008; Friedmann & Gvion, 2016). In our sample, we found that poor irregular word reading was associated with deficits at the level of the orthographic input lexicon and with impaired access to meaning and spoken word forms after processing written words in the orthographic input lexicon. There were also children whose surface dyslexia seemed to be caused by impairments of the phonological output lexicon. We suggest that further evidence is required to unequivocallySurface dyslexia is characterised by poor reading of irregular words while nonword reading can be completely normal. Previous work has identified several theoretical possibilities for the underlying locus of impairment in surface dyslexia. In this study, we systematically investigated whether children with surface dyslexia showed different patterns of reading performance that could be traced back to different underlying levels of impairment. To do this, we tested 12 English readers, replicating previous work in Hebrew (Gvion & Friedmann, 2013; 2016; Friedmann & Lukov, 2008; Friedmann & Gvion, 2016). In our sample, we found that poor irregular word reading was associated with deficits at the level of the orthographic input lexicon and with impaired access to meaning and spoken word forms after processing written words in the orthographic input lexicon. There were also children whose surface dyslexia seemed to be caused by impairments of the phonological output lexicon. We suggest that further evidence is required to unequivocally support a fourth pattern where the link between orthography and meaning is intact while the link between orthography and spoken word forms is not functioning. All patterns found were consistent with dual route theory while possible patterns of results, which would be inconsistent with dual route theory, were not detected. Crown Copyright (C) 2018 Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.…
Author details: | Saskia KohnenORCiD, Lyndsey NickelsORCiD, Leonie Geigis, Max ColtheartORCiD, Genevieve McArthurORCiD, Anne CastlesORCiD |
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DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cortex.2018.04.008 |
ISSN: | 0010-9452 |
ISSN: | 1973-8102 |
Pubmed ID: | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29940400 |
Title of parent work (English): | Cortex : a journal devoted to the study of the nervous system and behaviour |
Subtitle (English): | Developmental surface dyslexias in English |
Publisher: | Elsevier |
Place of publishing: | Paris |
Publication type: | Article |
Language: | English |
Year of first publication: | 2018 |
Publication year: | 2018 |
Release date: | 2021/10/05 |
Tag: | Development; Dissociations; Proximal causes; Reading difficulties |
Volume: | 106 |
Number of pages: | 13 |
First page: | 151 |
Last Page: | 163 |
Funding institution: | Australian NHMRCNational Health and Medical Research Council of Australia [488518]; Macquarie University; Australian Research CouncilAustralian Research Council [DP110103822]; Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes; ARCAustralian Research Council [FT120100102] |
Organizational units: | Humanwissenschaftliche Fakultät / Strukturbereich Kognitionswissenschaften / Department Linguistik |
DDC classification: | 4 Sprache / 41 Linguistik / 410 Linguistik |
Peer review: | Referiert |