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Selective disorders of reading?

K Patterson1, M A Ralph

  • 1Medical Research Council Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, 15 Chaucer Road, Cambridge, CB2 2EF, UK. karalyn.patterson@mrc-cbu.cam.ac.uk

Current Opinion in Neurobiology
|May 14, 1999
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Cognitive models for reading disorders are evolving. Recent analysis suggests broader linguistic and cognitive abilities, rather than highly specific components, are key to understanding alexia and skilled reading.

Area of Science:

  • Neuroscience
  • Cognitive Psychology
  • Linguistics

Background:

  • Selective reading disorders (alexia) in literate adults have been explained by specific cognitive architecture models.
  • These models proposed highly specialized components for reading processes.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To re-evaluate existing models of reading acquisition, skilled performance, and disruption.
  • To consider the role of general linguistic and cognitive abilities in alexia.

Main Methods:

  • Analysis of neural systems damaged in various forms of alexia.
  • Review of cognitive and linguistic abilities supported by these neural systems.

Main Results:

  • Evidence favors a broader view of reading.

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  • Disruption of reading involves more general linguistic and cognitive functions than previously assumed.

    • Conclusions:

    • Current models of reading need revision to incorporate general cognitive and linguistic abilities.
    • Understanding alexia requires considering the neural basis of broader language and cognition.