Dyslexia - verification of the specific procedural learning difficulties hypothesis in the population of Czech individuals with dyslexia
2014
Abstract
The text describes the specific procedural learning difficulties hypothesis (SPLD hypothesis) which was recently introduced by R. Nicolson and A.
Fawcett as a new explanation of dyslexia etiology. A quaziexperimental research study which aims at verification of the SPLD hypothesis is nowadays conducted in the Czech Republic.
For this purpose two new research methods were created which are both sensitive to language skills and they both require a shift from declarative to procedural learning system. Current results which compare achievements of individuals with dyslexia (N = 25) with intact population (N = 50) partially suggest a significantly more complicated proceduralization in the observed target group.