Abstractband zum 16. Kongress des Bundesverbandes Legasthenie

Abstractband 16. Kongress des Bundesverbandes Legasthenie
Dyslexia: Research and Current Perspectives
Margaret J. Snowling
Department of Psychology, University of York, United Kingdom
Ten years ago, the field of dyslexia was dominated by the phonological deficit hypothesis,
researchers were investigating causes of individual differences in dyslexia and
studies of children at high-risk of dyslexia were burgeoning. This paper takes a look at
progress in the field and discusses the current research agenda. I will argue that the
standard model of dyslexia needs to be modified to take account of a number of key findings:
dyslexia is a neurodevelopmental disorder and its manifestations differ according
to age and language background. Dyslexia is often co-morbid with other learning disorders,
and oral language skills act as both risk and protective factors in the development
of dyslexia. These findings have important implications for theory and practice.
Korrespondenzautor:
Margaret J. Snowling
mjs19@york.ac.uk
++44 1904 433162
The role of phonological short term memory in reading acquisition. A comparison
between regular and irregular orthographies
Giacomo Stella
University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy
Behavioral studies indicate the prominent role of phonological working memory (WM)
in reading. This role is evident during reading when assembling phonology strategy is
used in regular orthographies ( Patterson and Coltheart V. 1987). Phonological WM is
less involved when addressed phonology is used to read irregular words. In this case our
hypothesis is that the visuospatial sketchpad is more used than phonological subcomponent
of WM.
We try to verify our hyptothesis studyng efficiency of visuospatial sketchpad, and phonological
working memory in children at early stages of reading acquisition in English and
Italian setting.
Preliminary data will be presented on a comparison between Italian and English first
grade children.
Korrespondenzautor:
Giacomo Stella
giacomo.stella@unimore.it
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