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Visual Persistence and Adult Dyslexia

Roberta L. Winters

Robert Patterson

William Shontz

Visual persistence was investigated in adults with and without dyslexia in order to determine whether the adults with dyslexia demonstrate problems similar to those found in childhood dyslexia. Using a temporal separation threshold measure and procedures derived from signal detection theory, sensitivity to sequentially presented form information was determined for the two types of adults. The results showed that the sensitivity of the adults with dyslexia was impaired relative to that of the nondisabled adults when parts of a test stimulus were presented to adjacent retinal areas. This result suggests that, under certain conditions, visual persistence is longer for adults with dyslexia. The results are discussed within the context of a recent theory of dyslexia (Lovegrove, Martin, & Slaghuis, 1986) that incorporates the operation of sustained and transient visual mechanisms.

Journal of Learning Disabilities, Vol. 22, No. 10, 641-645 (1989)
DOI: 10.1177/002221948902201010
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