Nicolson Paper Flashcards
What are the types of deficits you see in dyslexic patients?
Phonological Deficit, with an impairment in rhyme judgement task.
Temporal Processing Deficit, with impairments in the rapid recall and memory of words and letters.
Cerebellar impairments, mainly in balance, but also across gross tests there was an impairment for dyslexic patients.
Evidence Linking the cerebellum to dyslexia
Cerebellar impairment in dyslexic patients.
Rabbit had difficulty acquiring new skills.
Difficulties in reading, writing and spelling for dyslexic patients.
Articulatory control and error correction.
What do authors feel is the main deficit in dyslexia?
The function of the cerebellum is to automatize and proceduralize both cognitive and motor tasks. In dyslexia, authors believe the cerebellum is impaired in this because dyslexics are unable to automatize cognitive skills such as rhyming and balance, but also reading, writing and spelling. They also found classic symptoms of cerebellar impairment in dyslexics.
