Archive for August, 2010
Time perception, phonological skills and executive function in children with dyslexia and/or ADHD symptoms
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Original post by Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry
No commentsPoor visual fixation in children and its possible role in attention deficit disorder (ADD)
Conclusion: It is suggested that a retained primitive visual reflex may contribute to aspects of inattention in children which, as a consequence, may be wrongly considered as a behavioural issue and may also impact upon the child’s ability to learn.Design: A prospective epidemiological study. (Source: Clinical Chiropractic)
Original post by Clinical Chiropractic
No commentsTwo different mechanisms for omission and substitution errors in neglect dyslexia.
Authors: Martelli M, Arduino LS, Daini R
Neglect dyslexia is a reading disorder often associated with right-sided brain lesions. In reading single words, errors are mostly substitutions or omissions of letters that occupy the left-sided positions. Typically, these errors have been thought to depend on a single mechanism. Conversely, we propose that they are due to different mechanisms. In particular, a visuo-spatial mechanism is responsible for omissions and a perceptual integration process for substitution errors. We measured the performance of six patients with both neglect and neglect dyslexia, analyzing their reading errors as a function of letter spacing. According to our conjecture, letter spacing should increase omissions by moving part of the string further in the unattended sp…div id=medwormpbiMedWorm Message:/i/b Register for ba href=http://www.medmatcha.com target =_selfMedMatcha, MedWorm’s medical advertising network/a/b, and receive $5 free advertising./p/div
Original post by Neurocase
No commentsThe role of age of acquisition in picture and word naming in dyslexic adults.
Authors: Raman I
To date, there has been numerous reports that early acquired pictures and words are named faster than late acquired pictures and words in normal reading but it is not established whether age of acquisition (AoA) has the same impact on adult dyslexic naming, especially in a transparent orthography such as Turkish. Independent ratings were obtained for AoA, frequency, name agreement, and object familiarity in Turkish for all items in the Snodgrass and Vanderwart line drawing set. Dyslexic (N=15) and non-dyslexic (N=15) university undergraduates were asked to name 30 early acquired and 30 late acquired pictures and picture names standardized and selected from these norms. As predicted, there were main effects for (a) AoA with reaction times (RTs) for Early items named fas…
Original post by British Journal of Psychology
No commentsDevelopmental dyslexia: clinical aspects [Articles]
Developmental dyslexia (reading disability) is a specific impairment in learning to read that affects 3ndash;6% of school children in English-speaking countries. It is overrepresented in clinical populations referred to child and adolescent mental health services because of its high comorbidity with conduct disorder, attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder and other developmental disorders. Clinicians may fail to identify it unless they maintain a high degree of awareness and make specific inquiries. A three-stage approach (routine screening, in-depth examination and referral for further testing) is described. The features of dyslexia and the clues to its diagnosis are discussed. A number of simple tests for identifying it are available and familiarity with these should improve diagnosti…div id=medwormpbiMedWorm Message:/i/b Register for ba href=http://www.medmatcha.com target =_selfMedMatcha, MedWorm’s medical advertising network/a/b, and receive $5 free advertising./p/div
Original post by Advances in Psychiatric Treatment
No commentsMedia’s Impact On Teen Sexual Behaviors, Teenage Pregnancies And Sexually Transmitted Infections
With the highest teen pregnancy rate in the Western Hemisphere and 25% of teens having had a sexually transmitted infection, we should be paying careful attention to media messages about sexuality and contraception, says a revised policy statement by the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) “Sexuality, Contraception, and the Media,” published in the medical journal Pediatrics…
Original post by Pharmalot
No commentsCharity Encourages Brisk Walking, Being More Active To Prevent Breast And Bowel Cancer, UK
A cancer research charity estimates that 10,000 cases of breast and bowel cancer could be prevented every year in the UK if people engaged in more “brisk walking” or were generally more physically active every day…
Original post by Allergy News From Medical News Today
No commentsDisgusting Conditions At Egg Farms Linked To Salmonella Outbreak
Inspections of Wright County Egg and Hillandale Farms revealed horrendous hygiene conditions, with huge chicken manure heaps, live rodents, and wild birds within the hen houses of two farms. Conditions have been described as disgusting, stomach churning, repulsive, and shocking…
Original post by Pharmalot
No commentsAward-Winning Study: Hardening Of The Arteries Doubles The Risk Of Mortality
Research prize for Bochum’s medics They also pointed out that the disease can be diagnosed and counteracted by means of a simple comparison between arm and ankle blood pressure carried out by a GP. Their highly regarded work has now been conferred the Best PAD Research Award 2010 by the Peripheral Arterial Disease Coalition…
Original post by Pharmalot
No commentsAward-Winning Study: Hardening Of The Arteries Doubles The Risk Of Mortality
Research prize for Bochum’s medics They also pointed out that the disease can be diagnosed and counteracted by means of a simple comparison between arm and ankle blood pressure carried out by a GP. Their highly regarded work has now been conferred the Best PAD Research Award 2010 by the Peripheral Arterial Disease Coalition…
Original post by Pharmalot
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