Eamon McCrory
More than words: a common neural basis for reading and naming deficits in developmental dyslexia?
Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Psychology|University College London
dyslexic individuals show subtle impairments naming pictures objects addition difficulties reading present study investigated whether word reading picture naming deficits developmental dyslexia reduced common neurological impairment eight dyslexic subjects impaired measures reading spelling naming speed matched age general ability 10 control subjects participants scanned using pet two experimental conditions reading words naming pictures form corresponding line drawings addition two highlevel baseline conditions used control visual articulatory processes relative control group dyslexic participants showed reduced activation left occipitotemporal area word reading picture naming case even context intact behavioural performance scanning abnormal activation region reported previously reading therefore specific orthographic decoding may reflect general impairment integrating phonology visual information investigation points common neurological basis deficits word reading picture naming developmental dyslexia