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Article: Developmental dyslexia is characterized by the co-existence of visuospatial and phonological disorders in Chinese children

TitleDevelopmental dyslexia is characterized by the co-existence of visuospatial and phonological disorders in Chinese children
Authors
Issue Date2009
PublisherCell Press. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.current-biology.com/
Citation
Current Biology, 2009, v. 19 n. 19, p. R890-R892 How to Cite?
AbstractDevelopmental dyslexia is a neurological condition that is characterized by severe impairment in reading skill acquisition in people with adequate intelligence and typical schooling [1-3]. For English readers, reading impairment is critically associated with a phonological processing disorder [3-5], which may co-occur with an orthographic (visual word form) processing deficit [6], but not with a general visual processing dysfunction in most dyslexics [7]. The pathophysiology of dyslexia varies across languages [8]: for instance, unlike English, written Chinese maps visually intricate graphic forms (characters) onto meanings; pronunciation of Chinese characters must be rote memorized. This suggests that, in Chinese, a fine-grained visuospatial analysis must be performed to activate characters' phonology and meaning; consequently, disordered phonological processing may commonly co-exist with abnormal visuospatial processing in Chinese dyslexia. To test this hypothesis, we conducted an fMRI experiment in which 12 Chinese dyslexics, shown previously [9] to exhibit a phonological disorder, performed a physical size judgment measuring visuospatial dimensions. Compared with 12 control subjects, the dyslexics showed weaker activations in left intraparietal sulcus (IPS) mediating visuospatial processing. Analyses of individual dyslexics' performances further suggest that developmental dyslexia in Chinese is commonly associated with the co-existence of a visuospatial deficit and a phonological disorder. © 2009 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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Persistent Identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/90338
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2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 2.982
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dc.contributor.authorSiok, WTen_HK
dc.contributor.authorSpinks, JAen_HK
dc.contributor.authorJin, Zen_HK
dc.contributor.authorTan, LHen_HK
dc.date.accessioned2010-09-06T10:08:52Z-
dc.date.available2010-09-06T10:08:52Z-
dc.date.issued2009en_HK
dc.identifier.citationCurrent Biology, 2009, v. 19 n. 19, p. R890-R892en_HK
dc.identifier.issn0960-9822en_HK
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/90338-
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dc.description.abstractDevelopmental dyslexia is a neurological condition that is characterized by severe impairment in reading skill acquisition in people with adequate intelligence and typical schooling [1-3]. For English readers, reading impairment is critically associated with a phonological processing disorder [3-5], which may co-occur with an orthographic (visual word form) processing deficit [6], but not with a general visual processing dysfunction in most dyslexics [7]. The pathophysiology of dyslexia varies across languages [8]: for instance, unlike English, written Chinese maps visually intricate graphic forms (characters) onto meanings; pronunciation of Chinese characters must be rote memorized. This suggests that, in Chinese, a fine-grained visuospatial analysis must be performed to activate characters' phonology and meaning; consequently, disordered phonological processing may commonly co-exist with abnormal visuospatial processing in Chinese dyslexia. To test this hypothesis, we conducted an fMRI experiment in which 12 Chinese dyslexics, shown previously [9] to exhibit a phonological disorder, performed a physical size judgment measuring visuospatial dimensions. Compared with 12 control subjects, the dyslexics showed weaker activations in left intraparietal sulcus (IPS) mediating visuospatial processing. Analyses of individual dyslexics' performances further suggest that developmental dyslexia in Chinese is commonly associated with the co-existence of a visuospatial deficit and a phonological disorder. © 2009 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.en_HK
dc.languageengen_HK
dc.publisherCell Press. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.current-biology.com/en_HK
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dc.subject.meshAsian Continental Ancestry Group-
dc.subject.meshDyslexia - physiopathology-
dc.subject.meshParietal Lobe - physiopathology-
dc.subject.meshSpace Perception - physiology-
dc.subject.meshVisual Perception - physiology-
dc.titleDevelopmental dyslexia is characterized by the co-existence of visuospatial and phonological disorders in Chinese childrenen_HK
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dc.identifier.emailSiok, WT: siok@hkucc.hku.hken_HK
dc.identifier.emailSpinks, JA: spinks@hku.hken_HK
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