title: Surface dyslexia: a regression effect?
abstract: Although the disorder of acquired surface dyslexia is considered as a pathological syndrome in the psycholinguistic and neuropsychological literature, it may also be conceived of as part of a general regression in functioning consequent upon brain damage. Data on some of the identified features of surface dyslexia were obtained from normal children learning to read and adult subjects, in order to examine the hypothesis that the symptoms are similar to the behavior of unskilled readers, suggesting regression as a more parsimonious explanation for the disorder. Attention is also drawn to problems in quantifying its major feature--the "regularity" effect.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D004411:Dyslexia, Acquired / Q000209:etiology / Q000523:psychology*; D005625:Frontal Lobe / Q000293:injuries; D006801:Humans; D007804:Language Development; D008297:Male; D012043:Regression, Psychology; D013577:Syndrome