Susie Chapter 9

Question 1

true or false

dyslexia is caused by lack of intelligence

Answer 1

false

it is because the brain finds the particular requirements of reading difficult to master

Question 2

the percentage of people having dyslexia is…

Answer 2

10%

Question 3

the alphabetic visual symbols is called

Answer 3

orthography

Question 4

the separate sounds in words is called…

Answer 4

phonemes

Question 5

how many phonemes are there in English?

Answer 5

44

Question 6

this system is a network that can be traced from the retina, through the pathway to the cerebral cortex and cerebellum, to the motor neurons of the eye-muscles, It is specialised to respond particularly well to moving stimuli and therefore important for tracking moving targets. It plays part in helping to point the eyes steadily at each letter in text, and determining their order.

Answer 6

magnocellular system.

neurons(cells) are very large (magno)

Question 7

during reading, when the eyes move off letters when they are meant to be fixating.

Answer 7

motion error signal

Question 8

sensitivity to visual motion of dyslexics is poorer than that of normal readers because their __ __responses to moving stimuli are abnormal.

Answer 8

brian wave

Question 9

the magnocellular system provides a particularly large input to the __

Answer 9

cerebellum

Question 10

a hereditary condition associated with difficulty reading despite normal intelligence and oral language skills.

Answer 10

developmental dyslexia

Question 11

this is a hypothesis stating that people with dyslexia have difficulty distinguishing phoneme sounds or extracting the phonemic structures of words.

Answer 11

phonological hypothesis

Question 12

people with the tendency to mispronounce words, and bad at tongue twisters may lack…

Answer 12

phonemic awareness

Question 13

the two cells that are disorganized in lateral geniculate nucleus in dyslexics are…

Answer 13

parvocellular and magnocellular cells