Οι οφθαλμικές κινήσεις και η δυσλεξία: η διαγνωστική τους σπουδαιότητα

Περίληψη

The study of eye movements during reading has provided many important insights about the process of reading. Until recently, there has been a relatively broad consensus that the erratic eye movements of poor readers were a consequence of difficulties in learning the visual-verbal associations involved in reading rather than being a primary cause of poor reading themselves. However, recent data has begun to question this assumption. In this article the author reviews the research and suggests that the erratic eye movements of dyslexic people and especially children are not simply a consequence of poor reading skills. This research is very important because, if it is substantiated in future work, examination of eye movement patterns may contribute significantly to the early diagnosis of dyslexia and the appropriate treatment of dyslexic children even before the school age.