This study analyses the specific neuropsychological profiles of children with dyslexia and/or dyscalculia, in particular concerning phonological awareness, lexical access, working memory and numerical processing. Four groups were selected, through a screening process that used strict criteria, from 1568 7-10-year-old children: 90 with typical development, 61 with dyslexia, 13 with dyscalculia, and 14 with dyslexia + dyscalculia. Children with dyslexia show a deficit in phonological processing, lexical access, and verbal working memory, especially with alphabetic stimuli. Children with developmental dyscalculia show a deficit of phonological processing, verbal working memory with digits and visual-spatial working memory. They also show an impairment in spatial representation of numbers and in the automatic access to numerical semantics to a greater extent than those with double disturbance. Children with dyslexia + dyscalculia show a profile generally characterized by the summation of the deficits of the two disorders, although they have a lower deficit in access to numerical semantics and mental representation of numbers.

Mingozzi, A., Tobia, V., Marzocchi, G. (2024). Dyslexia and dyscalculia: which neuropsychological processes distinguish the two developmental disorders?. NEUROPSYCHOLOGY, DEVELOPMENT, AND COGNITION, 30(1), 1-21 [10.1080/09297049.2023.2170997].

Dyslexia and dyscalculia: which neuropsychological processes distinguish the two developmental disorders?

Tobia, V
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Marzocchi, GM
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2024

Abstract

This study analyses the specific neuropsychological profiles of children with dyslexia and/or dyscalculia, in particular concerning phonological awareness, lexical access, working memory and numerical processing. Four groups were selected, through a screening process that used strict criteria, from 1568 7-10-year-old children: 90 with typical development, 61 with dyslexia, 13 with dyscalculia, and 14 with dyslexia + dyscalculia. Children with dyslexia show a deficit in phonological processing, lexical access, and verbal working memory, especially with alphabetic stimuli. Children with developmental dyscalculia show a deficit of phonological processing, verbal working memory with digits and visual-spatial working memory. They also show an impairment in spatial representation of numbers and in the automatic access to numerical semantics to a greater extent than those with double disturbance. Children with dyslexia + dyscalculia show a profile generally characterized by the summation of the deficits of the two disorders, although they have a lower deficit in access to numerical semantics and mental representation of numbers.
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dyscalculia; Dyslexia; number processing; phonological awareness; working memory;
English
30-gen-2023
2024
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Mingozzi, A., Tobia, V., Marzocchi, G. (2024). Dyslexia and dyscalculia: which neuropsychological processes distinguish the two developmental disorders?. NEUROPSYCHOLOGY, DEVELOPMENT, AND COGNITION, 30(1), 1-21 [10.1080/09297049.2023.2170997].
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