Rizan Cassim|Joel B. Talcott|Elisabeth Moores
Adults with Dyslexia Demonstrate Large Effects of Crowding and Detrimental Effects of Distractors in a Visual Tilt Discrimination Task
Aston University|Aston University|Aston University
previous research shown adults dyslexia awd disproportionately impacted close spacing stimuli increased numbers distractors visual search task compared controls 1 using orientation discrimination task present study extended findings show even conditions target search required awd detrimental effects crowding increased numbers distractors ii awd pronounced difficulty distractor exclusion left visual field iii measures crowding distractor exclusion correlated significantly literacy measures furthermore difficulties accounted presence covarying symptoms adhd participant groups findings provide evidence suggest ability exclude distracting stimuli likely contributes reported visual attention difficulties awd aetiology literacy difficulties pattern results consistent weaker asymmetric attention awd