Visual Aspects of Dyslexia

• 1. A neurological account of dyslexia ; 2. Subitizing, Dynamic Vision, Saccade and Fixation Control in Dyslexia ; 3. Movements of the eyes in 3d space: deficits of vergence and binocular coordination in dyslexia ; 4. Origins of visual stress ; 5. Visual Discomfort and Reading ; 6. Visual stress and its relationship to dyslexia ; 7. The visual nature of the disorder of visual attention span in developmental dyslexia ; 8. Spatial Attention Disorders in Developmental Dyslexia: Towards Prevention of Deficits in Reading Acquisition ; 9. The role of the dorsal pathway in word recognition ; 10. Aetiology of Dyslexia: a visual perspective on a phonological marker ; 11. Visual Contributions to Reading Difficulties - the Magnocellular Theory

Visual Aspects of Dyslexia presents a firm foundation for the role of visual deficits - in particular, deficits in magnocellular function in the dorsal stream - as a major underlying cause of dyslexia. ... This is a very interesting approach, which builds upon previous studies ... Students will find the chapters on eye movements and binocular control, as well as those on visual spacial attention and how it affects the dyslexic's ability to encode words during reading acquisition, particularly informative. ... It will be a rich resource for researchers in the perception community.