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1. Introduction
2. Talk outline
3. Why study reading?
4. Measuring reading
5. Cognitive components
6. Neural components
7. What is acquired dyslexia?
8. Attentional dyslexia
9. Letter position dyslexia
10. Neglect dyslexia
11. Types of visual neglect
12. Hemianopic alexia (1)
13. Hemianopic alexia (2)
14. Pure alexia
15. Pure alexia: more general visual processing deficit
16. Pure alexia: left ventral occipito-temporal cortex
17. Surface dyslexia
18. Surface dyslexia and semantic deficits
19. Anterior temporal atrophy in semantic dementia
20. Phonological dyslexia
21. Phonological dyslexia and nonword reading
22. Phonological processing
23. Deep dyslexia
24. Deep dyslexia: functional cause
25. Deep dyslexia: abnormal RH reading
26. Learning to read
27. Phonological awareness (1)
28. Phonological awareness (2)
29. Self-teaching
30. What is developmental dyslexia?
31. Developmental dyslexic subtypes
32. Developmental surface dyslexia
33. Semantic deficits
34. Developmental phonological dyslexia
35. Phonological deficits
36. Imaging evidence
37. Conclusions
38. References

Topics Covered

• Why study reading?
• Cognitive and neural components of reading
• What is acquired dyslexia?
• Attentional dyslexia
• Neglect dyslexia
• Hemianopic alexia
• Pure alexia
• Surface dyslexia
• Phonological dyslexia
• Deep dyslexia
• Learning to read
• Phonological awareness
• Self-teaching
• What is developmental dyslexia?
• Semantic deficits
• Developmental phonological dyslexia
• Phonological deficits
• Imaging evidence

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Series:

• Cognitive Neuroscience

Categories:

• Neuroscience

Therapeutic Areas:

• Neurology

Talk Citation

Woollams, A. (2010, May 18). The cognitive neuroscience of reading and dyslexia [Video file]. In The Biomedical & Life Sciences Collection, Henry Stewart Talks. Retrieved November 4, 2025, from https://doi.org/10.69645/RUAM2621.
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Publication History

• Published on May 18, 2010

Financial Disclosures

• Dr. Anna Woollams has not informed HSTalks of any commercial/financial relationship that it is appropriate to disclose.