Language Disorders Arena

Reading and Dyslexia in Different Orthographies

• Edited by Nicola Brunswick, Sine McDougall and Paul de Mornay Davies.

Published May 2010

This book provides a unique and accessible account of current research on reading and dyslexia in different orthographies. While most research has been conducted in English, this text presents cross-language comparisons to provide insights into universal aspects of reading development and…
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How Children Learn to Read

Current Issues and New Directions in the Integration of Cognition, Neurobiology and Genetics of Reading and Dyslexia Research and Practice

• Edited by Ken Pugh, and Peggy McCardle.

Published May 2009

This book brings together in one volume information about the neurobiological, genetic, and behavioral bases of reading and reading disabilities. In recent years, research on assessment and treatment of reading disability (dyslexia) has become a magnet for the application of new techniques and…
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Neurocognitive Approaches to Developmental Disorders: A Festschrift for Uta Frith

A Special Issue of the Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology

• Edited by Dr Dorothy Bishop, Margaret Snowling and Sarah-Jayne Blakemore.

Published December 2007

Uta Frith has been an outstandingly influential figure in the field of developmental neuropsychology for over 40 years, and is internationally renowned for her work on developmental cognitive disorders. Her scholarly influence has defined contemporary research on atypical development, notably in…
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Single-Word Reading

Behavioral and Biological Perspectives

• Edited by Elena L. Grigorenko, and Adam J. Naples.

Published August 2007

As the first title in the new series, New Directions in Communication Disorders Research: Integrative Approaches, this volume discusses a unique phenomenon in cognitive science, single-word reading, which is an essential element in successful reading competence. Single-word reading is an…
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Reading Acquisition and Developmental Dyslexia

• By Liliane Sprenger-Charolles, Pascale Colé and Willy Serniclaes.

Published October 2006

Most studies on reading have been conducted with English-speaking subjects. It is crucial to also examine studies conducted in different languages, in order to highlight which aspects of reading acquisition and dyslexia appear to be language-specific, and which are universal. Reading Acquisition…
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The Dyslexic Brain

New Pathways in Neuroscience Discovery

• Edited by Glenn D. Rosen.

Published January 2006

The Dyslexic Brain: New Pathways in Neuroscience Discovery offers a state-of-the art examination of the neural components and functions involved in reading and in the possible sources of breakdown. Suggestions for intervention are introduced throughout the book. The book is based on…
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The Connections Between Language and Reading Disabilities

• Edited by Hugh W. Catts, and Alan G. Kamhi.

Published December 2004

This is an edited book based on papers presented at a 2003 invitee-only conference under the sponsorship of the Merrill Advanced Studies Center of the University of Kansas. The participants were prominent scholars in the areas of language and reading, and have research programs funded by NIH and…
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Dyslexia, Reading and the Brain

A Sourcebook of Psychological and Biological Research

• By Alan Beaton.

Published October 2004

Despite the wealth of literature available on the subject of dyslexia, there is little that explores the subject beyond a single theoretical framework. The need for a comprehensive review of the literature by both researchers and practitioners from different fields and theoretical backgrounds is…
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Case Studies in Neuropsychology of Reading

• Edited by Elaine Funnell.

Published July 2001

Each chapter represents a personal account of a reading disorder through which details of the features of the disorder, methods used for testing, and theoretical accounts are illustrated. Controversies are explained, theories evaluated and anomalies pointed out.From this emerges a picture of the…
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Reading, Writing and Dyslexia

A Cognitive Analysis

• By Andrew W. Ellis.

Published October 1993

Research in cognitive psychology has contributed much to our understanding of reading and spelling. Most of this work has concentrated on the processes used by literate adults to comprehend and produce written language, but there is a growing interest in applying cognitive theories to the…
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