Theoretical Explanations of Developmental Dyslexia
Theoretical Explanations of Developmental Dyslexia
This chapter provides a brief overview of the major theories of the underlying causes of developmental dyslexia. First, it presents three cognitive level explanations: the phonological deficit hypothesis, the double-deficit hypothesis, and the automatization deficit hypothesis. It then discusses three brain-level explanatory frameworks, which includes the cerebral cortex hypotheses, the magnocellular deficit hypotheses, and the cerebellar deficit hypothesis. Finally, the chapter presents evidence of genetic transmission of dyslexia.
Keywords: developmental dyslexia, dyslexia, phonological deficit, double-deficit, automatization deficit, cerebral cortex hypotheses, magnocellular deficit, cerebellar deficit
MIT Press Scholarship Online requires a subscription or purchase to access the full text of books within the service. Public users can however freely search the site and view the abstracts and keywords for each book and chapter.
Please, subscribe or login to access full text content.
If you think you should have access to this title, please contact your librarian.
To troubleshoot, please check our FAQs, and if you can't find the answer there, please contact us.
