creators_name: Ramus, Franck type: journalp datestamp: 2005-09-01 lastmod: 2011-03-11 08:56:09 metadata_visibility: show title: Neurobiology of dyslexia : A reinterpretation of the data ispublished: pub subjects: neuro-psy subjects: dev-psy subjects: neuro-anat full_text_status: public keywords: dyslexia, specific language impairment, sensory deficits, motor impairment, magnocellular dysfunction, ectopias note: Use alternative location for final pdf. abstract: Theories of developmental dyslexia differ on how to best interpret the great variety of symptoms (linguistic, sensory, motor) observed in dyslexic individuals. One approach views dyslexia as a specific phonological deficit, which sometimes co-occurs with a more general sensorimotor syndrome. The present review of the neurobiology of dyslexia shows that neurobiological data are indeed consistent with this view, explaining both how a specific phonological deficit might arise, and why a sensorimotor syndrome should be significantly associated with it. This new conceptualisation of the aetiology of dyslexia may generalise to other neuro-developmental disorders, and may further explain heterogeneity within each disorder and co-morbidity between disorders. date: 2004 date_type: published publication: Trends in Neurosciences volume: 27 number: 12 pagerange: 720-726 refereed: TRUE referencetext: 1 Stein, J.F. and Walsh, V. (1997) To see but not to read; the magnocellular theory of dyslexia. Trends Neurosci. 20 (4), 147-152 2 Ramus, F. (2003) Developmental dyslexia: specific phonological deficit or general sensorimotor dysfunction? Current Opinion in Neurobiology 13 (2), 212-218 3 Kadesjö, B. and Gillberg, C. 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