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Positional dyslexia.

R B Katz1, S Sevush

  • 1Department of Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine.

Brain and Language
|August 1, 1989
PubMed
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This study found that some patients with left-hemisphere brain lesions exhibit positional dyslexia, affecting the left side of words. This suggests a specific letter processing deficit rather than general visual attention issues.

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Area of Science:

  • Neuroscience
  • Cognitive Psychology
  • Linguistics

Background:

  • Positional errors in word reading typically correlate with visual neglect or extinction on the affected side.
  • Left-hemisphere lesions are commonly associated with right-sided visual field deficits.

Observation:

  • Two patients with left-hemisphere lesions presented with right-sided visual extinction.
  • These patients exhibited reading difficulties specifically on the left side of words and pseudowords.

Findings:

  • One patient demonstrated further difficulties reading the beginning of words under tachistoscopic or vertical presentation.
  • Positional reading difficulties were also observed during letter naming within words.
  • The results suggest a disruption in later stages of letter processing, not general visual-perceptual or attentional deficits.

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Implications:

  • This challenges the assumption that positional dyslexia is solely linked to visual field defects.
  • Findings point towards a specific deficit in the sequential or positional encoding of letters during reading.
  • Further research into the neural basis of letter position processing in reading is warranted.