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9780631205746

Dyslexia

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  • ISBN13:

    9780631205746

  • ISBN10:

    0631205748

  • Edition: 2nd
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2000-11-02
  • Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
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Summary

The extensively re-written and updated edition of this highly acclaimed text provides a synthesis of the latest research on the cognitive defects of dyslexia and reviews evidence concerning its biological bases.

Author Biography

Margaret J. Snowling is Professor of Psychology at the University of York. Widely recognised as an expert in the field of developmental disorders, particularly in children's reading, speech and language difficulties, she is a qualified Clinical Psychologist and was Principal of the National Hospitals College of Speech Sciences until 1992.

Table of Contents

List of Figures
vi
List of Tables
ix
Acknowledgement x
Preface to the Second Edition xiii
What is Dyslexia?
1(13)
The Definition of Dyslexia
14(15)
The Phonological Representations Hypothesis
29(33)
Learning to Read And to Spell
62(25)
Dyslexia: A Written Language Disorder
87(18)
Individual Differences in Dyslexia
105(19)
The Severity Hypothesis
124(14)
Biological Bases of Dyslexia
138(20)
Dyslexia: A Sensory Impairment?
158(19)
Helping to Overcome Dyslexia
177(21)
Proficiency and Deficiency: The Role of Compensation
198(17)
Conclusions and Future Prospects
215(2)
References 217(32)
Index 249

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