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Record Nr.

UNINA9910459806403321

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York ; ; London : , : Psychology Press, , 2009

ISBN

1-283-10526-8

9786613105264

1-136-87459-3

0-203-83800-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (379 p.)

Collana

The extraordinary brain series ; ; 10

Altri autori (Persone)

McCardlePeggy D

PughKen

Disciplina

418/.4019

Soggetti

Reading, Psychology of

Reading - Physiological aspects

Cognition in children

Dyslexia

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"This volume marks the 10th symposium in the Extraordinary Brain Series"--p. xiv.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

section 1. Major themes in the study of the neurobiology of dyslexia -- section 2. Methods and tools -- section 3. Neurobiological, genetic, and cognitive aspects -- section 4. Intervention.

Sommario/riassunto

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 technologies from neuroscience, cognitive psychology, and cognitive neuroscience. This interdisciplinary fusion has yielded numerous and diverse findings regarding the brain basis of this syndrome, which are discussed in this volume by leading researchers. Intervention approaches based on such researc