title: Processing of tactile stimuli and implications for the reading disabled.
abstract: A finger localization task was used to investigate interhemispheric transfer of tactile information and the processing of sequential tactile information in 7- and 9-year-old "average" readers and 9-year-old reading disabled boys. The performance of the reading disabled group on interhemispheric transfer and sequential processing was comparable to or worse than the 7-year-old average readers. Significant correlations linked the reading disabled boys' performance on the finger localisation task with their reading skills, performance on perceptual/motor tasks and knowledge of order in the time domain. The results are interpreted in terms of delayed myelination of interhemispheric and intrahemispheric pathways in the reading disabled.
authors.affiliation: School of Behavioural Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, N.S.W., Australia.
authors.forename: B C
authors.initials: BC
authors.lastname: Summerfield
authors.forename: P T
authors.initials: PT
authors.lastname: Michie
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D003337:Corpus Callosum / Q000503:physiopathology; D007839:Functional Laterality; D006801:Humans; D007361:Intelligence Tests; D007859:Learning Disabilities / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008297:Male; D011932:Reading; D014110:Touch