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Defining and understanding dyslexia: past, present and future

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Dyslexia is a difficulty in learning to decode (read aloud) and to spell. DSM5 classifies dyslexia as one form of neurodevelopmental disorder. Neurodevelopmental disorders are heritable, life-long conditions with early onset. For many years, research on dyslexia proceeded on the basis that it was a specific learning difficulty – specific meaning that the difficulty could not be explained in terms of obvious causes such as sensory problems or general learning difficulties (low IQ). However, th...

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Published
Peer review status:
Peer reviewed

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10.1080/03054985.2020.1765756

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Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
MSD
Department:
Experimental Psychology
Oxford college:
Wolfson College
Role:
Author
Publisher:
Taylor and Francis Publisher's website
Journal:
Oxford Review of Education Journal website
Volume:
46
Issue:
4
Pages:
501-513
Publication date:
2020-08-13
Acceptance date:
2020-04-15
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EISSN:
1465-3915
ISSN:
0305-4985
Language:
English
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Pubs id:
1100702
Local pid:
pubs:1100702
Deposit date:
2020-04-19

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