Disruption of Posterior Brain Systems for Reading in Children with Developmental Dyslexia

Number 1553
Year 2002
Drawer 27
Entry Date 08/13/2009
Authors Shaywitz, B.A, Shaywitz, S.E., Pugh, K.R., Mencl, W.E., Fulbright, R.K., Skudlarski, P., Constable, R.T., Marchione, K.E., Fletcher, J.M., Lyon, G.R., & Gore, J.C.
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Publication Biological Psychiatry, v. 52, pp. 101-110.
url http://www.haskins.yale.edu/Reprints/HL1553.pdf
Abstract Converging evidence indicates a functional disruption in the neural systems for reading in adults with dyslexia. We examined brain activation patterns in dyslexic and nonimpaired children during pseudoword and real-word reading tasks that required phonologic analysis.
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