Archive for June, 2008
[letters to jmg] genome-wide linkage scan for loci of musical aptitude in finnish families: evidence for a major locus at 4q22
Background:
Music perception and performance are comprehensive human cognitive functions and thus provide an excellent model system for studying human behaviour and brain function. However, the molecules involved in mediating music perception and performance are so far uncharacterised.
Objective:
To unravel the biological background of music perception, using molecular and statistical genetic approaches.
Methods: 15 Finnish multigenerational families (with a total of 234 family members) were recruited via a nationwide search. The phenotype of all family members was determined using three tests used in defining musical aptitude: a test for auditory structuring ability (Karma Music test; KMT) commonly used in Finland, and the Seashore pitch …
Different letter-processing strategies in diagnostic subgroups of developmental dyslexia.
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Different letter-processing strategies in diagnostic subgroups of developmental dyslexia.
Cogn Neuropsychol. 2008 Jul;25(5):730-44
Authors: Lachmann T, van Leeuwen C
Normally reading adults (N = 15) and primary school children (N = 24) and two diagnostic subgroups of children with developmental dyslexia (N = 21)-all native German speakers-performed a successive same-different task with pairs of letters and nonletters (pseudoletters or geometrical shapes). The first item of a pair was always presented on its own, and the second either on its own or surrounded by a congruent or incongruent nontarget shape. Adults showed congruence effects with nonletters but not with letters, and children with…
A dual-route perspective on poor reading in a regular orthography: evidence from phonological and orthographic lexical decisions.
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A dual-route perspective on poor reading in a regular orthography: evidence from phonological and orthographic lexical decisions.
Cogn Neuropsychol. 2008 Jul;25(5):653-76
Authors: Bergmann J, Wimmer H
Impairments of the lexical and the nonlexical reading route were examined for German-speaking dyslexic readers by measuring accuracy and speed of phonological and orthographic lexical decisions. Different from English-based findings, we found little difficulty with the phonological distinction between pseudohomophones and nonwords, but a major difficulty with the orthographic distinction between words and pseudohomophones. Subtyping identified pure surface dyslexia cases but no case of pure pho…
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