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Effect of Piracetam on Dyslexic's Reading Ability

C. Wilsher, PhD

Colin R. Wilsher is in the Department of Psychiatry, Rutgers Medical School. He received his PhD in psychology from Aston University, England.

G. Atkins, MRCGP

George Atkins is a general practitioner in medicine and Visiting Honorary Research Fellow at the University of Aston.

P. Manfield, MBBS

Pauline Manfield is a consultant pediatrician at Good Hope Hospital, Sutton Coldfields, England. She received her MBBS in medicine from London University.

Forty—six dyslexic boys, aged 8-13 years, were administered Piracetam or placebo in a double blind, parallel experiment, lasting 8 weeks. Although, overall, there were no significant group effects,the within—subject design revealed improvements in reading speed and accuracy in individuals treated with Piracetam. Also,stratifying the groups by group means revealed that dyslexics with higher reading ages improved significantly compared to the placebo group.

Journal of Learning Disabilities, Vol. 18, No. 1, 19-25 (1985)
DOI: 10.1177/002221948501800105
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