Reading Performance Is Enhanced by Visual Texture Discrimination Training in Chinese-Speaking Children with Developmental Dyslexia

• Published in: PloS one Vol. 9; no. 9; p. e108274
• Main Authors: Meng, Xiangzhi, Lin, Ou, Wang, Fang, Jiang, Yuzheng, Song, Yan
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Public Library of Science 23.09.2014; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: BASIC (programming language); Biology and Life Sciences; Brain research; Child; Children; China; Cognitive ability; Discrimination, Psychological - physiology; DNA nucleotidylexotransferase; Dyslexia; Dyslexia - psychology; Female; Humans; Information processing; Intelligence; Language; Learning; Male; Neurodevelopmental disorders; Neurosciences; Older people; Readers; Reading; Reading comprehension; Sensory integration; Texture; Touch Perception - physiology; Training; Visual discrimination; Visual discrimination learning; Visual perception; Visual Perception - physiology; Visual task performance; Visual tasks; China; Beijing China

High order cognitive processing and learning, such as reading, interact with lower-level sensory processing and learning. Previous studies have reported that visual perceptual training enlarges visual span and, consequently, improves reading speed in young and old people with amblyopia. Recently, a...