Dyslexia

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.

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.

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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