Dyslexia and Automaticity
Dyslexia and Automaticity
This chapter presents results of cognitive investigations of dyslexia as a learning difficulty. It discusses the concept of automaticity to explain the underlying problems of dyslexia. The chapter proposes the dyslexic automatization deficit (DAD) hypothesis, which suggests that dyslexic children have abnormal difficulties in making skills automatic despite extensive practice.
Keywords: cognitive investigations, dyslexia, learning, automaticity, dyslexic automatization deficit hypothesis
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