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A Model of Brain Activity of Young as Compared to Adult Dyslexic Readers and Outcomes After Intervention

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The chapter examines whether the cognitive deficits that young dyslexic’s (4th graders) exhibit are similar to those of adult university students dyslexics, in addition to their outcomes of intervention. This question was investigated with the use of behavioral, electrophysiological and source estimation of brain activation measures. The results revealed a different pattern of the behavioral profile and brain activity among the dyslexic in both age groups. This may indicate that compensatory mechanisms developed among adult dyslexics during their years of print exposure, and they manage to overcome some of their difficulties. In spite of their differences in the behavioral measures both age groups of dyslexic share similar characteristics, mainly in brain activity patterns. Both age groups benefited from the intervention although the different outcomes in each age group.

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  1. Edmond J. Safra Brain Research Center for the Study of Learning Disabilities and Department of Learning Disabilities, Faculty of Education, University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel

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    Zvia Breznitz

  2. , Dept. of Learning Disabilities, University of Haifa, Mount Carmel, 31905, Haifa, Israel

    Orly Rubinsten

  3. , Dept. of Child, Youth & Fam. Studies, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 133 Mabel Lee Hall, Lincoln, 68588-0236, Nebraska, USA

    Victoria J. Molfese

  4. , Department of Psychology, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 321 Burnett Hall, Lincoln, 68588-0308, Nebraska, USA

    Dennis L. Molfese

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Shaul, S. (2012). A Model of Brain Activity of Young as Compared to Adult Dyslexic Readers and Outcomes After Intervention. In: Breznitz, Z., Rubinsten, O., Molfese, V., Molfese, D. (eds) Reading, Writing, Mathematics and the Developing Brain: Listening to Many Voices. Literacy Studies, vol 6. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-4086-0_5

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