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How and to what extent is dyslexia a cognitive deficit? Draw on different explanations of dyslexia to build your argument.
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DSE 212 TMA 05 Option B How and to what extent is dyslexia a cognitive deficit? Draw on different explanations of dyslexia to build your argument. Developmental dyslexia refers to a condition that involves difficulties with reading and writing, learning and retrieving associations between verbal and visual information. Difficulties in dealing with phonological information (speech sounds) within short-term memory have also been identified. Any task that requires the processing of verbal information, mental arithmetic and directional difficulties are also common. Approximately 5% of a population that may have dyslexic problems that are quite severe with 10% having milder difficulties. Although dyslexia is a term that is quite commonplace today, it is quite a recent term and previously had been known as 'congenital word blindness' which originated from Scottish eye surgeon James Hinshelwood in the early 20th centaury. There has been research into areas that surround the condition and this essay will compare...
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