Visual control in children with developmental dyslexia.
OBJECTIVE
To assess binocular control in children with dyslexia.


METHODS
Cross-sectional study with 26 children who were submitted to a set of ophthalmologic and visual tests.


RESULTS
In the dyslexic children less eye movement control in voluntary convergence and unstable binocular fixation was observed.


CONCLUSIONS
The results support the hypothesis that developmental dyslexia might present deficits which involve the magnocellular pathway and a part of the posterior cortical attentional network.
Castro
Stella Maris Costa
SM
Universidade Estadual de Campinas - Campinas (SP) - Brazil. stellamccastro@gmail.com
Salgado
Cintia Alves
CA
Andrade
Fernando Portolani
FP
Ciasca
Sylvia Maria
SM
Carvalho
Keila Miriam Monteiro
KM
D016022:Case-Control Studies; D002648:Child; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D004172:Diplopia / Q000503:physiopathology; D004410:Dyslexia / Q000503:physiopathology*; D005260:Female; D005403:Fixation, Ocular / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D014787:Vision Tests; D015348:Vision, Binocular / Q000502:physiology*; D014795:Visual Pathways / Q000503:physiopathology