Developmental Dyslexia Research Paper

Developmental dyslexia is considered by some to be a lacking of reading skills in spite of the persons intellectual ability or education level. There has been a pervasive amount of research done in the last 40 years on developmental dyslexia; thus, dyslexia, has been proven to be a neurobiological syndrome. A strong link has also been proven that the genes related to developmental dyslexia do transfer from mother and/or father to their children. The research has also shown us that reading is not the only symptom of developmental dyslexia; there are problems such as in language and literacy; the struggle to put words and sounds together to figure out words. Further problems are found in with short term memory problems as in putting days of the week in order or even keeping telephone numbers in the correct serial order. It also appears that the is also coordination …show more content…
These studies showed researchers that there were differences between the normal readers and dyslexics. Marked differences in the symmetry, laterality, gray matter volume, and stability of white matter were seen in the two groups (Stoodley and Stein, 2012). The cerebellum is a major part of our thought process. As such, of all our neurons in the brain half are found in the cerebellum and a key part of the central nervous system. Continual repeating of the circuitry of the cerebellar cortex, as well as other parts of the cerebellum are in that way connected to the various regions of the cerebral cortex, giving us a topography of the cerebellum. While considering the behavioral aspects of the cerebellar tasks in developmental dyslexia has mainly looked toward motor tasks such as postural stability. There is not a clear link to motor control for dyslexics. It is for this reason that cerebellar functional topography is the most useful tool for gathering further information in the reading and dyslexia