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Deficits in temporal-order judgments in dyslexia: evidence from diotic stimuli differing spectrally and from dichotic stimuli differing only by perceived location.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  15721184     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
The main debate concerning dyslexia focuses on the question of whether dyslexia is a language-specific disorder or a general nervous system dysfunction manifested in deficits of temporal processing. According to the temporal-order deficit hypothesis, dyslexia manifests difficulty in discriminating the temporal order of stimuli. Evidence has usually involved testing the ability to discriminate series of phonemes or pure tones whose components are separated by very short intervals. One of the difficulties in interpreting the data is the confound of changes in the spectrum with changes in temporal order. Two experiments are reported. In the first experiment, we verified the difficulty by adult dyslexics in judging the temporal order of two tones differing in frequency and presented diotically. The second experiment was designed to isolate temporal-order judgment (TOJ) from holistic frequency-based pattern discrimination processes. We tested temporal-order judgments with 15 ms duration tones of equal frequency presented dichotically (left-right, right-left) with ISI intervals ranging from 8 to 400 ms. Dichotic temporal threshold was significantly lower for adult normal readers than for the adult dyslexics. The results support the claim that adult dyslexics have difficulty in discriminating temporal order even when no spectral changes are involved.
Authors:
Elisheva Ben-Artzi; Leah Fostick; Harvey Babkoff
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Comparative Study; Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Neuropsychologia     Volume:  43     ISSN:  0028-3932     ISO Abbreviation:  Neuropsychologia     Publication Date:  2005  
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2005-02-21     Completed Date:  2005-05-27     Revised Date:  2009-11-11    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0020713     Medline TA:  Neuropsychologia     Country:  England    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  714-23     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan 52900, Israel. benare@mail.biu.ac.il
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Acoustic Stimulation / methods
Adult
Dyslexia / physiopathology*
Female
Humans
Judgment / physiology*
Male
Multivariate Analysis
Perceptual Disorders / physiopathology*
Reading
Sound Localization / physiology*
Speech Perception / physiology
Time Factors
Time Perception / physiology*

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