Multiple Neurocognitive Deficits and Dyslexia
A special issue of Brain Sciences (ISSN 2076-3425). This special issue belongs to the section "Developmental Neuroscience".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 November 2020) | Viewed by 34037
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
It is our pleasure to introduce a Special Issue of Brain Science dedicated to Multiple Neurocognitive Deficits and Dyslexia.
Dyslexia is a neurodevelopmental disorder that is diagnosed at school age, but accompanies the person during the course of their life. Dyslexia shows variable clinical features and it is often associated with several neurocognitive deficits and other disorders that complicate the clinical presentation. The multiple-deficit framework has been useful for advancing the science of comorbidity in dyslexia. There is strong evidence for neuropsychological risk factors that contribute to dyslexia, but the potential role of overlapping risk factors is not yet understood. This gap at the neuropsychological level is preventing the specification of a fully integrated model of dyslexia and of effectual therapeutic opportunity. This Special Issue is aimed at better understanding the role of single and/or combined neuropsychological deficits in developing dyslexia and in treatment outcomes.
Submissions are invited to this Special Issue of Brain Science that aims to tackle neurocognitive risk factors that contribute to dyslexia and that have an effective role in treatment.
Contributions reporting results from experiments characterizing the neuropsychological profile of children and adults with dyslexia or at risk of dyslexia by comparing them with other neurodevelopmental disorders are particularly encouraged. In order to deepen the etiopathogenic knowledge of neuropsychological factors in dyslexia and improve treatments, studies using methods directly investigating brain activity during neuropsychological examination and brain changes after interventions in dyslexia (e.g., EEG, fMRI, TMS, tDCS) are also appreciated.
Dr. Deny Menghini
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- Dyslexia
- Neuropsychological deficits
- Predictive neurocognitive factors
- Multifactorial deficits
- Learning disabilities
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