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Temporal order judgment in dyslexia

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Hari et al. (Brain 174:1373–1380, 2001) demonstrated that dyslexics showed a sluggish attention capture in both visual hemifields. Additionally, they indicated a left–right asymmetry in the perception of temporal order of two visual stimuli (they performed worse than controls only if the stimulus in the left hemifield preceded that in right hemifield). They suggested that a left-sided minineglect is associated with dyslexia. We hypothesized that if a kind of neglect syndrome is responsible for the asymmetry they found, dyslexics should not only show a left–right asymmetry in temporal order judgment of two laterally presented stimuli but also perform equally well as controls when the stimuli are vertically aligned. Our results indicated that in both tasks dyslexics performed generally worse than normal readers. The results suggest that dyslexics suffer from a more general problem of order discrimination.

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  1. Adaptation of TOWRE test was prepared by Marcin Szczerbiński, The University of Sheffield, UK.

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We thank Ingrid Scharlau and Simmone DallaBella for their very helpful suggestions. We also thank Joanna Hejmej and Magdalena Piwowarska for their technical assistance.

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  1. Department of Cognitive Psychology, University of Finance and Management, Pawia 55, 01-030, Warszawa, Poland

    Piotr Jaśkowski

  2. Department of Psychophysiology, Kazimierz Wielki University of Bydgoszcz, Bydgoszcz, Poland

    Patrycja Rusiak

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Jaśkowski, P., Rusiak, P. Temporal order judgment in dyslexia. Psychological Research 72, 65–73 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00426-006-0093-z

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