Dev, dyslexia and writing

Question 1

Developmental dyslexia

Answer 1

A. Genetic influence

B. Phonological deficits common

C. Functional imaging findings

D. Less common in languages with infrequent irregular phoneme-grapheme associations
1. E.g. Italian and Spanish

Question 2

Motor disorders of writing

Answer 2

1. can write letters but not numbers
2. can write upper but not lower case
3. can write cursive but not print

Question 3

In addition to language, areas brain areas involved in writing include

Answer 3

Dorsal parietal and premotor cortex

Question 4

Case reports of patients who can write to dictation, but cannot

Answer 4

write spontaneously or understand what they write to dictation