P17. Impaired auditory attention in adolescents with developmental dyslexia

Developmental dyslexia (DD) refers to the pathological impairment in the acquisition of reading and/or writing skills that is not accounted for by biological age, intelligence or inadequate schooling (WHO, 2011). It is hypothesized that DD relies, at least in part, on the impaired ability to shift attention to relevant information (Hari and Renvall, 2001). On a neurophysiological level, attention is represented by alpha oscillations (about 8 –12 Hz). In adults with DD, recent studies showed altered alpha oscillations during the processing of auditory and visual stimuli (Dhar et al., 2010) but also in resting state (Papagiannopoulou and Lagopoulos, 2016).

Source: Clinical Neurophysiology - July 10, 2018 Category: Neuroscience Authors: K. Rufener, K. Krauel, H.J. Heinze, T. Zaehle Source Type: research