Letter-by-letter acquired dyslexia is due to the serial encoding of letters.
Letter-by-letter acquired dyslexia (pure alexia) is assumed to be related to the serial encoding of letters, but the evidence for this assumption is somewhat indirect. Here, we demonstrate that the deficit is indeed due to serial encoding by comparing the performance of a letter-by-letter dyslexic reader with the performance of normal readers who were forced to read letter by letter; the data patterns are remarkably similar.
Rayner
Keith
K
Department of Psychology, University of Massachusetts-Amherst, Amherst, MA 01002, USA. rayner@psych.umass.edu
Johnson
Rebecca L
RL
D004411:Dyslexia, Acquired / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D005133:Eye Movements / Q000502:physiology; D005403:Fixation, Ocular; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D013997:Time Factors