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- Title
Patterns of inverted reading and subgroups in dyslexia.
- Authors
Larsen, Steen; Parlenvi, Paul; Larsen, S; Parlenvi, P
- Abstract
Reading performance of 46 poor readers was compared with that of 20 normal control readers. All subjects were second grade children. In Experiment 1 two matching word lists were presented under two conditions: one version of the test was read in the upright position and the other inverted. In Experiment 2 the eye movements of all subjects were recorded during reading of two meaningful sentences in the normal and inverted position. While the controls were negatively influenced by inversion of the text, the poor readers showed a variety of responses. Overall, the poor readers showed a slight tendency to be better at reading in the inverted position when the text must be scanned from right to left. An individual analysis of the data revealed that in 28.3% of the poor readers inverted reading improved performance at least 15 %, a phenomenon found in none of the controls.
- Subjects
READING disability; DYSLEXIA; LANGUAGE disorders; EYE movements; POLYGLOT texts, selections, quotations, etc.; READING ability testing; PEOPLE with dyslexia; EXPERIMENTAL phonetics; NEUROLINGUISTICS
- Publication
Annals of Dyslexia, 1984, Vol 34, p195
- ISSN
0736-9387
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1007/BF02663620