Toward an integrated understanding of dyslexia: genetic, neurological, and cognitive mechanisms

B F Pennington

doi:10.1017/s0954579499002242

Toward an integrated understanding of dyslexia: genetic, neurological, and cognitive mechanisms

Dev Psychopathol. 1999 Summer;11(3):629-54. doi: 10.1017/s0954579499002242.

Author

B F Pennington¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Psychology, University of Denver, CO 80210, USA.

PMID: 10532628
DOI: 10.1017/s0954579499002242

Abstract

This paper reviews what is known about developmental dyslexia at three levels of analysis: cognitive, neurological, and genetic. It also considers the difficult problem of establishing causal links between these levels of analysis, and argues that solving the gene-behavior problem is paradoxically easier than solving the brain-behavior problem.

Publication types

Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.
Review

MeSH terms

Brain / physiopathology*
Cognition / physiology*
Dyslexia / genetics
Dyslexia / physiopathology*
Dyslexia / psychology*
Family
Humans
Models, Genetic
Models, Neurological
Models, Psychological

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