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IQ of four-year-olds who go on to develop dyslexia.
Journal of learning disabilities - 1 Jan 2000
van Bergen Elsje, de Jong Peter F, Maassen Ben, Krikhaar Evelien, Plakas Anna, van der Leij Aryan
Abstract excerpt
Do children who go on to develop dyslexia show normal verbal and nonverbal development before reading onset? According to the aptitude-achievement discrepancy model, dyslexia is defined as a discrepancy between intelligence and reading achievement. One of the underlying assumptions is that the general cognitive development of children who fail to learn to read has been normal. The current study tests this...
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