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Premeti A, Isel F, Bucci MP. Visuo-Attentional and Phonological Deficits Explored in French Students with Dyslexia: Eye Movements Recorded during a Phonological Lexical Decision Task. Neurol Int 2024; 16:312-326. [PMID: 38525702 PMCID: PMC10961798 DOI: 10.3390/neurolint16020022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/22/2024] [Revised: 02/19/2024] [Accepted: 02/28/2024] [Indexed: 03/26/2024] Open
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Whether dyslexia is caused by phonological or attentional dysfunction remains a widely debated issue. To enrich this debate, we compared the eye movements of 32 French university students with (14 students) and without (18 students) dyslexia while performing a delayed phonological lexical decision task on 300 visually presented stimuli. The processing stimuli involved either a lexical (i.e., words) or a non-lexical route relying on a grapheme-phoneme correspondence (pseudohomophones and pseudowords), while other stimuli involved only a visual search (consonant and symbol sequences). We recorded the number of fixations, the duration of the first fixation and the amplitude of saccades made on the stimuli. Compared to the controls, the participants with dyslexia made more fixations while reading regardless of the type of stimulus (lexical and non-lexical). Crucially, the participants with dyslexia exhibited longer first fixations in particular while reading phonologically challenging stimuli such as pseudohomophones and pseudowords compared to stimuli involving a simple visual search (consonants, symbols). Taken together, these results suggest that both visual and phonological impairments may be implicated in dyslexia, supporting the hypothesis that dyslexia is a multifactorial deficit.
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- Aikaterini Premeti
- MoDyCo, UMR 7114 CNRS Université Paris Nanterre, 92001 Nanterre, France;
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- MoDyCo, UMR 7114 CNRS Université Paris Nanterre, 92001 Nanterre, France;
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- ICAR UMR 5191, CNRS, ENS Lyon—Site Descartes, University of Lyon 2, 69342 Lyon, France
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Caldani S, Humeau E, Delorme R, Bucci MP. Inhibition functions can be improved in children with autism spectrum disorders: An eye-tracking study. Int J Dev Neurosci 2023; 83:431-441. [PMID: 37218472 DOI: 10.1002/jdn.10276] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/28/2022] [Revised: 03/17/2023] [Accepted: 05/03/2023] [Indexed: 05/24/2023] Open
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Cognitive remediation therapy interventions could improve cognitive functioning in subjects with autism. To investigate the benefit of a short cognitive training rehabilitation in children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) on pursuit and fixation performances. We recruited two groups (G1 and G2) of 30 children with ASD, sex-, IQ- and age-matched (mean 11.6 ± 0.5 years), and pursuit and fixation eye movements were recorded twice at T1 and T2. Between T1 and T2, a 10-min cognitive training was performed by the G1 group only, whereas the G2 group had a 10-min of rest. For all children with ASD enrolled in the study, there was a positive correlation between restricted and repetitive behaviour scores of both Autism Diagnostic Interview-Revised (ADI-R) and the Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule (ADOS) and the number of saccades recorded during the fixation task at T1. At T1, oculomotor performances were similar for both groups of ASD children (G1 and G2). At T2, we observed a significant reduction in the number of saccades made during both pursuit and fixation tasks. Our findings underlined the importance to promote cognitive training rehabilitation for children with ASD, leading to a better performance in inhibitory and attention functioning responsible for pursuit and fixation eye movement's performance.
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- Simona Caldani
- MoDyCo, UMR 7114 CNRS, Paris Nanterre University, Nanterre, France
- EFEE-Center for the Functional Exploration of Balance in Children, Robert Debré Hospital, Paris, France
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- Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Department, Robert Debré Hospital, Paris, France
- High Functioning Autism Expert Centre, Fundamental Fondation, Paris, France
- Paris University, Paris, France
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- Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Department, Robert Debré Hospital, Paris, France
- High Functioning Autism Expert Centre, Fundamental Fondation, Paris, France
- Paris University, Paris, France
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- MoDyCo, UMR 7114 CNRS, Paris Nanterre University, Nanterre, France
- EFEE-Center for the Functional Exploration of Balance in Children, Robert Debré Hospital, Paris, France
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Caldani S, Acquaviva E, Moscoso A, Landman B, Michel A, Delorme R, Bucci MP. Motor Capabilities in Children with ADHD Are Improved after Brief Visuopostural Training. Neurol Int 2023; 15:792-803. [PMID: 37489356 PMCID: PMC10366723 DOI: 10.3390/neurolint15030050] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/11/2023] [Revised: 06/21/2023] [Accepted: 06/23/2023] [Indexed: 07/26/2023] Open
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Children with ADHD show poor motor control. The aim of the present study was to test whether children with ADHD improved their motor performances (oculomotor as well as posture) after a short visuopostural training period. Two groups (G1 trained and G2 non-trained), each comprising 15 children with ADHD matched in IQ (intelligence quotient), sex, and age, participated in the study. Eye movements and postural sway were measured before (T1) and after (T2) 10 min of visuopostural training for the trained group and after 10 min of resting for the non-trained group. Training consisted of a visual search task performed while the child was standing on an unstable platform. At T1, oculomotor and postural abilities were statistically similar for both groups of children with ADHD (trained and non-trained). At T2, significant improvements in both oculomotor and postural capabilities were observed for the trained group but not for the non-trained group. These findings suggest that a short visuopostural training period could help children with ADHD to learn how to focus their visual attention in order to improve motor performance. Visuopostural training could allow a better integration of sensory inputs via central mechanisms, leading to improvement in both oculomotor and postural control. Further studies on a larger number of children with ADHD will be needed to confirm these findings and explore the eventual possible persistence of the training effect.
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- Simona Caldani
- MoDyCo, UMR 7114 CNRS Université Paris Nanterre, 92001 Nanterre, France
- Centre for the Functional Exploration of Balance in Children (EFEE), Robert Debré Hospital, 75019 Paris, France
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- Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Department, Robert Debré Hospital, 75019 Paris, France
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- Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Department, Robert Debré Hospital, 75019 Paris, France
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- Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Department, Robert Debré Hospital, 75019 Paris, France
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- Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Department, Robert Debré Hospital, 75019 Paris, France
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- Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Department, Robert Debré Hospital, 75019 Paris, France
- Paris University, 75005 Paris, France
- Human Genetics and Cognitive Functions, Institut Pasteur, 75015 Paris, France
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- MoDyCo, UMR 7114 CNRS Université Paris Nanterre, 92001 Nanterre, France
- Centre for the Functional Exploration of Balance in Children (EFEE), Robert Debré Hospital, 75019 Paris, France
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Scheveig F, Bucci MP. Postural and Proprioceptive Deficits Clinically Assessed in Children with Reading Disabilities: A Case-Control Study. Vision (Basel) 2023; 7:vision7020037. [PMID: 37218955 DOI: 10.3390/vision7020037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/24/2023] [Revised: 04/19/2023] [Accepted: 04/24/2023] [Indexed: 05/24/2023] Open
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Several studies have reported motor deficiencies in children with dyslexia, in line with the cerebellar deficit theory. In the present study, we explored whether tests used by physiotherapists during clinical evaluation were able to report motor deficits in a group of fifty-six dyslexic children (mean age 10.9 ± 0.2 years old) compared to a group of thirty-eight non-dyslexic children (mean age 11.2 ± 0.4 years old). The occurrence of instability on an unstable support; spinal instability in the sagittal, frontal and horizontal plane; head-eye discoordination; and poor eye stability were clinically assessed in the two groups of children. All such measures were found to be significantly more frequent in dyslexic than in non-dyslexic children (p < 0.001, p < 0.05, p < 0.001 and p < 0.001, respectively, for occurrence of instability on an unstable support, spinal instability, head-eye discoordination and poor eye stability). These results, firstly, confirmed the poor motor control of dyslexic children, suggesting deficient cerebellar integration. Secondly, for the first time, we reported that simple tests that can be done by pediatricians and/or during a clinical routine evaluation could be useful to discriminate children with reading difficulties. The tests used in this study could be a reference for a first exploration of motor deficiencies in children with dyslexia that can be easily assessed by clinicians and/or physiotherapists.
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- Franck Scheveig
- Clinique de Posturologie, 66100 Perpignan, France
- MoDyCo, UMR 7114 CNRS Université Paris Nanterre, 92000 Nanterre, France
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- MoDyCo, UMR 7114 CNRS Université Paris Nanterre, 92000 Nanterre, France
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Temelturk RD, Ozer E. Binocular coordination of children with dyslexia and typically developing children in linguistic and non-linguistic tasks: evidence from eye movements. ANNALS OF DYSLEXIA 2022; 72:426-444. [PMID: 35486327 DOI: 10.1007/s11881-022-00256-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/27/2021] [Accepted: 04/10/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Given the increased evidence suggesting the presence of binocular coordination deficits in dyslexia, investigations of binocular eye movements are beneficial to clarify the underlying causes of reading difficulties. This systematic review aims to (a) synthesize the literature through the examination of binocular coordination in children with dyslexia by describing the normative development of stable binocular control and (b) outline future directions. Boolean expressions in the PubMed search were used to define papers. Following a literature search and selection process, 25 papers were included. Studies using binocular eye tracking during linguistic and nonlinguistic tasks in children with dyslexia and typical development 5-17 years of age are reviewed. The studies reviewed provided consistent evidence of poor binocular coordination in children with dyslexia, but the results associated with different task characteristics were less consistent. The relation between binocular coordination deficits and reading difficulties needs to be further elucidated in longitudinal studies which may provide future treatments targeting the binocular viewing system in dyslexia.
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- Rahime Duygu Temelturk
- Faculty of Medicine, Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Ankara University, Ankara, Turkey.
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- Faculty of Education, Department of Special Education, Kırıkkale University, Kırıkkale, Turkey
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Nikishina VB, Petrash EA, Prirodova OF, Akhramenko RS, Danilova AV, Kuznetsova AA. The impact of image orientation on distribution of visual fixations while solving simple cognitive problems. BULLETIN OF RUSSIAN STATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY 2022. [DOI: 10.24075/brsmu.2022.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Optimization of the educational process, including distance learning, requires orderly arrangement of the information presented, which translates into the need to factor in oculomotor reactions accompanying the search for solutions to simple cognitive tasks. This need supports the relevance of the present study, which aimed to investigate the age-dependent parameters of the oculomotor reactions occurring in solving a simple cognitive task. The sample included 97 persons, 47 males and 50 females, ages 21 to 36. For the purpose of rating the oculomotor reactions, the sample was divided into age groups: 21–26 years (n = 34); 27–32 years (n = 29); 33–36 years (n = 34). The methodology that governed the rating procedures was developed by the authors of the study and relied on the Tobii EyeX eye tracking hardware and software solution (GazeControl software). The study revealed a significant correlation between orientation of the image (presentation angle) and distribution of the visual fixations: regardless of the image presentation angle and its properties (schematic monochrome or full color image), the fixations tend to fall predominantly into the top and left parts of the image (the first quadrant). Other findings include a) a significant dependence of the capability to solve simple cognitive tasks and recognize the contents of the image on the spatial orientation of the presented stimuli, and b) the number of errors made in image contents recognition increasing with age, this dependence being significant and observed for both the schematic monochrome image (p1 = 0.014; p2 = 0.016; p3 = 0.014) and the full-color image (p1 = 0.015; p2 = 0.015; p3 = 0.017). The researchers have also identified the significant angles of rotation of the presented face images that stably caused recognition errors.
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- VB Nikishina
- Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University, Moscow, Russia
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- Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University, Moscow, Russia
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- Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University, Moscow, Russia
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- Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University, Moscow, Russia
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- Kursk State Medical University, Kursk, Russia
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Evidence from ERP and Eye Movements as Markers of Language Dysfunction in Dyslexia. Brain Sci 2022; 12:brainsci12010073. [PMID: 35053816 PMCID: PMC8774244 DOI: 10.3390/brainsci12010073] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2021] [Revised: 12/22/2021] [Accepted: 12/30/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Developmental dyslexia is a complex reading disorder involving genetic and environmental factors. After more than a century of research, its etiology remains debated. Two hypotheses are often put forward by scholars to account for the causes of dyslexia. The most common one, the linguistic hypothesis, postulates that dyslexia is due to poor phonological awareness. The alternative hypothesis considers that dyslexia is caused by visual-attentional deficits and abnormal eye movement patterns. This article reviews a series of selected event-related brain potential (ERP) and eye movement studies on the reading ability of dyslexic individuals to provide an informed state of knowledge on the etiology of dyslexia. Our purpose is to show that the two abovementioned hypotheses are not necessarily mutually exclusive, and that dyslexia should rather be considered as a multifactorial deficit.
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Rima S, Schmid MC. Reading Specific Small Saccades Predict Individual Phonemic Awareness and Reading Speed. Front Neurosci 2021; 15:663242. [PMID: 34966251 PMCID: PMC8710594 DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2021.663242] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/02/2021] [Accepted: 11/12/2021] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Small fixational eye-movements are a fundamental aspect of vision and thought to reflect fine shifts in covert attention during active viewing. While the perceptual benefits of these small eye movements have been demonstrated during a wide range of experimental tasks including during free viewing, their function during reading remains surprisingly unclear. Previous research demonstrated that readers with increased microsaccade rates displayed longer reading speeds. To what extent increased fixational eye movements are, however, specific to reading and might be indicative of reading skill deficits remains, however, unknown. To address this topic, we compared the eye movement scan paths of 13 neurotypical individuals and 13 subjects diagnosed with developmental dyslexia during short story reading and free viewing of natural scenes. We found that during reading only, dyslexics tended to display small eye movements more frequently compared to neurotypicals, though this effect was not significant at the population level, as it could also occur in slow readers not diagnosed as dyslexics. In line with previous research, neurotypical readers had twice as many regressive compared to progressive microsaccades, which did not occur during free viewing. In contrast, dyslexics showed similar amounts of regressive and progressive small fixational eye movements during both reading and free viewing. We also found that participants with smaller fixational saccades from both neurotypical and dyslexic samples displayed reduced reading speeds and lower scores during independent tests of reading skill. Slower readers also displayed greater variability in the landing points and temporal occurrence of their fixational saccades. Both the rate and spatio-temporal variability of fixational saccades were associated with lower phonemic awareness scores. As none of the observed differences between dyslexics and neurotypical readers occurred during control experiments with free viewing, the reported effects appear to be directly related to reading. In summary, our results highlight the predictive value of small saccades for reading skill, but not necessarily for developmental dyslexia.
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- Samy Rima
- Department of Sport and Neuroscience, Faculty of Science and Medicine, University of Fribourg, Fribourg, Switzerland
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- Department of Sport and Neuroscience, Faculty of Science and Medicine, University of Fribourg, Fribourg, Switzerland.,Bioscience Institute, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
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Macambira YKDS, Barbosa JVDS, Queiroga BMD, Cordeiro AADA, Menezes DC, Lima MLLTD, Advíncula KP. Ocular findings from otoneurological examinations in children with and without dyslexia: a systematic review with meta-analysis. Braz J Otorhinolaryngol 2021; 88 Suppl 3:S192-S201. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bjorl.2021.10.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/28/2021] [Revised: 10/09/2021] [Accepted: 10/31/2021] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Franzen L, Stark Z, Johnson AP. Individuals with dyslexia use a different visual sampling strategy to read text. Sci Rep 2021; 11:6449. [PMID: 33742007 PMCID: PMC7979812 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-84945-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/16/2020] [Accepted: 02/18/2021] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Individuals with dyslexia present with reading-related deficits including inaccurate and/or less fluent word recognition and poor decoding abilities. Slow reading speed and worse text comprehension can occur as secondary consequences of these deficits. Reports of visual symptoms such as atypical eye movements during reading gave rise to a search for these deficits' underlying mechanisms. This study sought to replicate established behavioral deficits in reading and cognitive processing speed while investigating their underlying mechanisms in more detail by developing a comprehensive profile of eye movements specific to reading in adult dyslexia. Using a validated standardized reading assessment, our findings confirm a reading speed deficit among adults with dyslexia. We observed different eye movements in readers with dyslexia across numerous eye movement metrics including the duration of a stop (i.e., fixation), the length of jumps (i.e., saccades), and the number of times a reader's eyes expressed a jump atypical for reading. We conclude that individuals with dyslexia visually sample written information in a laborious and more effortful manner that is fundamentally different from those without dyslexia. Our findings suggest a mix of aberrant cognitive linguistic and oculomotor processes being present in adults with dyslexia.
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- Léon Franzen
- Department of Psychology, Concordia University, Montréal, Canada.
- Institute of Neuroscience and Psychology, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK.
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- Department of Psychology, Concordia University, Montréal, Canada
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- Department of Psychology, Concordia University, Montréal, Canada
- CRIR/Lethbridge-Layton-Mackay Centre de Réadaptation du CIUSSS du Centre-Ouest-de-l'Île-de-Montréal, Montréal, Canada
- Réseau de Recherche en Santé de La Vision, Montréal, Canada
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Nikishina VB, Prirodova OF, Petrash EA, Sevrukova IA. Oculomotor response to images in primary school children with mild intellectual disability. BULLETIN OF RUSSIAN STATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY 2021. [DOI: 10.24075/brsmu.2021.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Oculomotor activity (eye movements) is an essential component of visual data acquisition, analysis and use. The aim of this study was to determine the characteristics of oculomotor response to static images in primary school children with mild intellectual disability (ID). Our sample included a total of 49 schoolers (23 children with mild ID and 26 typically developing children). Oculomotor activity was evaluated using a GP3 Gazepoint eye tracker. The participants were presented with 15 visual stimuli: 10 pictorial and 5 mixed (pictures + text) static color images. Children with mild ID generated significantly fewer fixations (р = 0.038) than typically developing children. So, learning materials containing both pictorial and textual images are ineffective because textual elements are completely ignored by children with mild ID. The total duration of gaze fixations was significantly longer (р = 0.029) in typically developing children than in children with mild ID. However, the average duration of a single gaze fixation was longer in children with mild ID. The identified features of oculomotor response can help to optimize the format of instructional materials for primary school children with mild ID.
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- VB Nikishina
- Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University, Moscow, Russia
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- Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University, Moscow, Russia
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- Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University, Moscow, Russia
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Caldani S, Gerard CL, Peyre H, Bucci MP. Pursuit eye movements in dyslexic children: evidence for an immaturity of brain oculomotor structures? J Eye Mov Res 2020; 13. [PMID: 33828780 PMCID: PMC7881873 DOI: 10.16910/jemr.13.1.5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023] Open
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Background: Dyslexia is a disorder found in 5-10% of school-aged children. Several studies reported visual deficits and oculomotor abnormalities in dyslexic children. The objective of our study was to examine horizontal pursuit performance in dyslexic children, despite its poor involvement in reading. Methods: Eye movements were recorded by video-oculography in 92 children (46 dyslexic children, mean age: 9.77 ± 0.26 and 46 non dyslexic, IQ- and age-matched children). Both the number of catch-up saccades occurring during pursuit task and the gain of pursuit were measured. Results: Catch-up saccades were significantly more frequent in the dyslexic group than in the non-dyslexic group of children. Pursuit performance (in terms of the number of catch-up saccades and gain) significantly improved with increasing age in the non-dyslexic children group only. Conclusions: The atypical pursuit patterns observed in dyslexic children suggest a deficiency in the visual attentional processing and an immaturity of brain structures responsible for pursuit triggering. This finding needs to be validated by neuroimaging studies on dyslexia population.
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Barela JA, Tesima N, Amaral VDS, Figueiredo GA, Barela AMF. Visually guided eye movements reduce postural sway in dyslexic children. Neurosci Lett 2020; 725:134890. [PMID: 32145309 DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2020.134890] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/02/2019] [Revised: 02/28/2020] [Accepted: 03/03/2020] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Dyslexic children present poorer postural control performance than their peers, perhaps due to different patterns of eye movements. It has been shown that guided eye movements decrease magnitude of body sway in young and older adults, but there is no evidence whether the search for visual information that occurs during eye movements affects postural control in dyslexic children. The aim of this study was to examine the use of guided eye movements and its pattern in the performance of postural control of dyslexic children during upright quiet stance. Twelve children with dyslexia (10.8 ± 1.1 years old) and 12 non-dyslexic children (10.4 ± 1.5 years old) participated in this study. All children were instructed to maintain an upright quiet stance for 60 s either fixating on a target (fixation condition) displayed 1 m ahead in the center of a monitor at eye level, or performing eye movements to follow a target displayed on one side of a monitor, then disappearing and reappearing immediately on the opposite side with a frequency of 0.5 Hz (guided condition). Three trials for each condition were registered. Body sway was measured with an IRED (OPTOTRAK) placed on the children's back. Eye movements were tracked using eye-tracking glasses (ETG 2.0 - SMI). Dyslexic children swayed with larger amplitude under both fixation and guided conditions than non-dyslexic children. Both dyslexic and non-dyslexic children reduced postural sway magnitude under the guided compared to the fixation condition. All children were able to modulate eye movement according to the conditions (fixation and guided) and no difference in eye movements was observed between dyslexic and non-dyslexic children. Eye movements are modulated similarly based upon the visual conditions in dyslexic and non-dyslexic children, and dyslexic children are capable of using available visual information during eye movements to improve postural control, though they do not equal the performance of non-dyslexic children. Eye movement patterns seem not to be related to poor performance of postural control in dyslexic children.
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- José A Barela
- Institute of Biosciences, São Paulo State University, Rio Claro, SP, Brazil.
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- Institute of Physical Activity and Sport Sciences, Cruzeiro do Sul University, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil
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- Institute of Physical Activity and Sport Sciences, Cruzeiro do Sul University, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil
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- Institute of Biosciences, São Paulo State University, Rio Claro, SP, Brazil; Institute of Physical Activity and Sport Sciences, Cruzeiro do Sul University, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil
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- Institute of Physical Activity and Sport Sciences, Cruzeiro do Sul University, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil
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Jiménez EC, Romeo A, Pérez Zapata L, Solé Puig M, Bustos-Valenzuela P, Cañete J, Varela Casal P, Supèr H. Eye vergence responses in children with and without reading difficulties during a word detection task. Vision Res 2020; 169:6-11. [PMID: 32143068 DOI: 10.1016/j.visres.2020.02.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2019] [Revised: 01/31/2020] [Accepted: 02/12/2020] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Vergence eye movements are movements of both eyes in opposite directions. Vergence is known to have a role in binocular vision. However recent studies link vergence eye movements also to attention and attention disorders. As attention may be involved in dyslexia, it is sensible to guess that the presence of reading difficulties can be associated with specific patterns in vergence responses. Data from school children performing a word-reading task have been analysed. In the task, children had to distinguish words from non-words (scrambled words or row of X's), while their eye positions were recorded. Our findings show that after stimulus presentation eyes briefly converge. These vergence responses depend on the stimulus type and age of the child, and are different for children with reading difficulties. Our findings support the idea of a role of attention in word reading and offer an explanation of altered attention in dyslexia.
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- Elizabeth Carolina Jiménez
- Dept. of Cognition, Development and Educational Psychology, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain; Institute of Neurosciences of the University of Barcelona (UBNeuro), Barcelona, Spain; University of Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico
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- Dept. of Cognition, Development and Educational Psychology, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain; Braingaze SL, Mataró, Spain
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- Projecte UBinding, Unitat de Trastorns del Desenvolupament. Universitat de Barcelona, Fundació Josep Finestres, Barcelona, Spain
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- Dept. of Cognition, Development and Educational Psychology, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Departamento de Psiquiatría del Hospital de Mataró, Mataró, Spain
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- Departamento de Psiquiatría del Hospital de Mataró, Mataró, Spain; Dept of Psychiatry and Forensic Medicine, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Dept. of Cognition, Development and Educational Psychology, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain; Institute of Neurosciences of the University of Barcelona (UBNeuro), Barcelona, Spain; Braingaze SL, Mataró, Spain; Catalan Institution for Research and Advanced Studies (ICREA), Barcelona, Spain.
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Quercia P, Pozzo T, Marino A, Guillemant AL, Cappe C, Gueugneau N. Children with Dyslexia Have Altered Cross-Modal Processing Linked to Binocular Fusion. A Pilot Study. Clin Ophthalmol 2020; 14:437-448. [PMID: 32103890 PMCID: PMC7025670 DOI: 10.2147/opth.s226690] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/09/2019] [Accepted: 01/27/2020] [Indexed: 01/16/2023] Open
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Introduction The cause of dyslexia, a reading disability characterized by difficulties with accurate and/or fluent word recognition and by poor spelling and decoding abilities, is unknown. A considerable body of evidence shows that dyslexics have phonological disorders. Other studies support a theory of altered cross-modal processing with the existence of a pan-sensory temporal processing deficit associated with dyslexia. Learning to read ultimately relies on the formation of automatic multisensory representations of sounds and their written representation while eyes fix a word or move along a text. We therefore studied the effect of brief sounds on vision with a modification of binocular fusion at the same time (using the Maddox Rod test). Methods To check if the effect of sound on vision is specific, we first tested with sounds and then replaced them with proprioceptive stimulation on 8 muscular sites. We tested two groups of children composed respectively of 14 dyslexic children and 10 controls. Results The results show transient visual scotoma (VS) produced by sensory stimulations associated with the manipulation of oculomotor balance, the effect being drastically higher in the dyslexic group. The spatial distribution of the VS is stochastic. The effect is not specific for sounds but exists also with proprioceptive stimulations. Discussion Although there was a very significant difference between the two groups, we were not able to correlate the (VS) occurrence with the dyslexic’s reading performance. One possibility to confirm the link between VS and reading impairment would be to find a specific treatment reducing the occurrence of the VS and to check its effect on dyslexia.
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- Patrick Quercia
- Université de Bourgogne, Dijon, Campus Universitaire, UFR STAPS, BP 27877, F-21078 Dijon, France; INSERM U1093, Cognition, Action et Plasticité Sensorimotrice, Dijon F-21078, France
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- Center for Translational Neurophysiology, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Ferrara, Italy
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- Université de Bourgogne, Dijon, Campus Universitaire, UFR STAPS, BP 27877, F-21078 Dijon, France; INSERM U1093, Cognition, Action et Plasticité Sensorimotrice, Dijon F-21078, France
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- Brain and Cognition Research Center, CerCo, CNRS UMR 5549, Toulouse, France
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- Université de Bourgogne, Dijon, Campus Universitaire, UFR STAPS, BP 27877, F-21078 Dijon, France; INSERM U1093, Cognition, Action et Plasticité Sensorimotrice, Dijon F-21078, France
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Caldani S, Steg S, Lefebvre A, Atzori P, Peyre H, Delorme R, Bucci MP. Oculomotor behavior in children with autism spectrum disorders. AUTISM : THE INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF RESEARCH AND PRACTICE 2019; 24:670-679. [PMID: 31680545 DOI: 10.1177/1362361319882861] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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To identify quantitative indicators of social communication dysfunctions, we explored the oculomotor performances in subjects with autism spectrum disorders. Discordant findings in the literature have been reported for oculomotor behavior in subjects with autism spectrum disorders. This study aimed to explore reflexive and voluntary saccadic performance in a group of 32 children with autism spectrum disorders (mean age: 12.1 ± 0.5 years) compared to 32 age-, sex-, and IQ-matched typically developing children (control group). We used different types of reflexive and voluntary saccades: gap, step, overlap, and anti-saccades. Eye movements were recorded using an eye tracker (Mobile EBT®) and we measured latency, percentage of anticipatory and express saccades, errors of anti-saccades and gain. Children with autism spectrum disorders reported similar latency values with respect to typically developing children for reflexive and voluntary saccades; in contrast, they made more express and anticipatory saccades overall, as shown in paradigm testing (gap, step, overlap, and anti-saccades). Our findings support previous evidence of the atypicality of the cortical network, which is involved in saccade triggering and attentional processes in children with autism spectrum disorders.
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- Simona Caldani
- Paris Diderot University, France.,Robert Debré Hospital, France
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- Paris Diderot University, France.,Robert Debré Hospital, France
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- Paris Diderot University, France.,Robert Debré Hospital, France
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- Robert Debré Hospital, France.,FondaMental Foundation, France
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- Paris Diderot University, France.,Robert Debré Hospital, France.,FondaMental Foundation, France
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- Paris Diderot University, France.,Robert Debré Hospital, France.,FondaMental Foundation, France
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- Paris Diderot University, France.,Robert Debré Hospital, France
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Bucci MP. Visual training could be useful for improving reading capabilities in dyslexia. APPLIED NEUROPSYCHOLOGY-CHILD 2019; 10:199-208. [PMID: 31407599 DOI: 10.1080/21622965.2019.1646649] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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The term dyslexia originated in 1887 when an ophthalmologist described the difficulty of learning to read. After more than a century of research, we still do not know the etiology of such pathology. Several hypotheses have been suggested to explain dyslexia and in the present article we will describe in detail the visual attentional deficits reported in dyslexia. Reading is a complex cognitive process during which several mechanisms are involved (visual perception, eye movements -saccades and fixations-, semantic and linguistic abilities); consequently, a deficit in one of these different components could cause impairment in reading acquisition. In children with dyslexia, we observed abnormal oculomotor patterns during reading: frequent saccades of small amplitude, long-term fixation, high number of saccades to the left (retro-saccades), and poor binocular coordination during and after the saccades. These results suggest a deficit of visual information processing as well as an immaturity of the interaction between the saccade and vergence systems. In the present review, we will discuss different methods that use short periods of visual rehabilitation or text manipulation, and by using an eye tracker in order to obtain objective information on eye movement's performance during reading, assist in improved reading performance of dyslexic children.
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- Maria Pia Bucci
- UMR 1141 Inserm - Paris Diderot University, Robert Debré Hospital, Paris, France
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Caldani S, Razuk M, Septier M, Barela JA, Delorme R, Acquaviva E, Bucci MP. The Effect of Dual Task on Attentional Performance in Children With ADHD. Front Integr Neurosci 2019; 12:67. [PMID: 30705623 PMCID: PMC6344422 DOI: 10.3389/fnint.2018.00067] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/18/2018] [Accepted: 12/31/2018] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a common psychiatric disorder without validated objective markers. Oculomotor behavior and executive motor control could potentially be used to investigate attention disorders. The aim of this study was to explore an oculomotor and postural dual task in children with ADHD. Forty-two children were included in the study, gathering children with ADHD (n = 21) (mean 8.15 age ± years 0.36) and sex-, age-, and IQ-matched typically developing children (TD). Children performed two distinct fixation tasks in three different postural conditions. Eye movements and postural body sway were recorded simultaneously, using an eye tracker and a force platform. Results showed that children with ADHD had poor fixation capability and poor postural stability when compared to TD children. Both groups showed less postural control on the unstable platform and displayed more saccades during the fixation task. Surprisingly, in the dual unstable platform/fixation with distractor task, the instability of children with ADHD was similar to that observed in TD children. “Top-down” dys-regulation mediated by frontal-striatal dysfunction could be at the origin of both poor inhibitory oculomotor deficits and impaired body stability reported in children with ADHD. Finally, we could assume that the fact both groups of children focused their attention on a secondary task led to poor postural control. In the future it could be interesting to explore further this issue by developing new dual tasks in a more ecological situation in order to gain more insight on attentional processes in children with ADHD. HIGHLIGHTS – Children with ADHD showed poor fixation capability when compared to TD children. – “Top-down” dys-regulation mediated by frontal-striatal dysfunction could be at the origin of both poor inhibitory oculomotor deficits and impaired body stability reported in children with ADHD. – Both groups of children focused their attention on the visual fixation task leading to poor postural control. – In the future it could be interesting to develop new dual tasks in an ecological situation in order to gain more insight on attentional processes in children with ADHD.
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- Simona Caldani
- UMR 1141 INSERM, Université Paris Diderot, Hôpital Robert Debré, Paris, France.,EFEE-Centre d'Exploration Fonctionnelle de l'Équilibre chez l'Enfant, Robert Debré Hospital, Paris, France
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- UMR 1141 INSERM, Université Paris Diderot, Hôpital Robert Debré, Paris, France.,Institute of Physical Activity and Sport Sciences, Cruzeiro do Sul University, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Department, Robert Debré Hospital, Paris, France
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- Institute of Physical Activity and Sport Sciences, Cruzeiro do Sul University, São Paulo, Brazil.,Institute of Biosciences, São Paulo State University, Rio Claro, Brazil
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- Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Department, Robert Debré Hospital, Paris, France.,Paris Diderot University, Paris 7, Paris, France
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- Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Department, Robert Debré Hospital, Paris, France
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- UMR 1141 INSERM, Université Paris Diderot, Hôpital Robert Debré, Paris, France.,EFEE-Centre d'Exploration Fonctionnelle de l'Équilibre chez l'Enfant, Robert Debré Hospital, Paris, France
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Moiroud L, Gerard CL, Peyre H, Bucci MP. Developmental Eye Movement test and dyslexic children: A pilot study with eye movement recordings. PLoS One 2018; 13:e0200907. [PMID: 30192750 PMCID: PMC6128452 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0200907] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/27/2017] [Accepted: 07/05/2018] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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The goal of this study is to explore eye movement recordings during the Developmental Eye Movement (DEM) test in dyslexic and non-dyslexic children. Thirteen children with dyslexia, 13 non-dyslexic chronological age- and IQ-matched children and 13 non-dyslexic reading age- and IQ-matched children were examined. Test C of the DEM test was performed with and without eye movement recordings (eye tracker by SuriCog). The results of the three groups were compared. Children with dyslexia and non-dyslexic children of equivalent reading age have significant longer fixation time and take longer to read Test C of the DEM test than non-dyslexic children of similar chronological age. A significant correlation was also found between the fixation time and the number of words read in one minute with the total time to read Test C of the DEM test. DEM test is a useful test for exploring the oculomotor behavior of dyslexic children during reading. The maturation of cortical structures controlling fixation capability appears to play a crucial role in reading skills.
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- Lionel Moiroud
- UMR 1141 Inserm - Université Paris Diderot, Robert Debré Hospital, Paris, France
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- Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Department, Robert Debré Hospital, Paris, France
- Université Paris Diderot, Paris, France
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- UMR 1141 Inserm - Université Paris Diderot, Robert Debré Hospital, Paris, France
- * E-mail:
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Tal N, Yuval‐Greenberg S. Reducing saccadic artifacts and confounds in brain imaging studies through experimental design. Psychophysiology 2018; 55:e13215. [DOI: 10.1111/psyp.13215] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/12/2017] [Revised: 05/10/2018] [Accepted: 05/16/2018] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Noam Tal
- School of Psychological SciencesTel‐Aviv University Tel‐Aviv Israel
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- School of Psychological SciencesTel‐Aviv University Tel‐Aviv Israel
- Sagol School of NeuroscienceTel‐Aviv University Tel‐Aviv Israel
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Interactions between eye movements and posture in children with neurodevelopmental disorders. Int J Dev Neurosci 2018; 71:61-67. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijdevneu.2018.07.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2018] [Revised: 07/24/2018] [Accepted: 07/24/2018] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Comments on: "What Is Developmental Dyslexia?" Brain Sci. 2018, 8, 26. The Relationship between Eye Movements and Reading Difficulties. Brain Sci 2018; 8:brainsci8060100. [PMID: 29867069 PMCID: PMC6025640 DOI: 10.3390/brainsci8060100] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/17/2018] [Accepted: 05/31/2018] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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We are writing in response to the review article: Stein. J. (2018). What is Developmental Dyslexia? Brain Sciences, 8, 26, doi:10.3390/brainsci8020026. We consider that the section entitled, “Eye Movement Control”, presents a misleading characterisation of current empirical and theoretical understanding. We outline five specific points relating to Stein’s views on eye movement control and developmental dyslexia with which we disagree and conclude that disruption to oculomotor behaviour occurs as a consequence of processing difficulty that individuals with dyslexia experience as they engage in reading.
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Peyre H, Gérard CL, Dupong Vanderhorst I, Larger S, Lemoussu C, Vesta J, Bui Quoc E, Gouleme N, Delorme R, Bucci M. Rééducation oculomotrice informatisée dans la dyslexie : essai clinique randomisé en crossover en population pédiatrique. Encephale 2018; 44:247-255. [DOI: 10.1016/j.encep.2017.03.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/02/2016] [Revised: 03/11/2017] [Accepted: 03/13/2017] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Razuk M, Barela JA, Peyre H, Gerard CL, Bucci MP. Eye movements and postural control in dyslexic children performing different visual tasks. PLoS One 2018; 13:e0198001. [PMID: 29795687 PMCID: PMC5967793 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0198001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/16/2017] [Accepted: 05/12/2018] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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The aim of this study was to examine eye movements and postural control performance among dyslexic children while reading a text and performing the Landolt reading task. Fifteen dyslexic and 15 non-dyslexic children were asked to stand upright while performing two experimental visual tasks: text reading and Landolt reading. In the text reading task, children were asked to silently read a text displayed on a monitor, while in the Landolt reading task, the letters in the text were replaced by closed circles and Landolt rings, and children were asked to scan each circle/ring in a reading-like fashion, from left to right, and to count the number of Landolt rings. Eye movements (Mobile T2®, SuriCog) and center of pressure excursions (Framiral®, Grasse, France) were recorded. Visual performance variables were total reading time, mean duration of fixation, number of pro- and retro-saccades, and amplitude of pro-saccades. Postural performance variable was the center of pressure area. The results showed that dyslexic children spent more time reading the text and had a longer duration of fixation than non-dyslexic children. However, no difference was observed between dyslexic and non-dyslexic children in the Landolt reading task. Dyslexic children performed a higher number of pro- and retro-saccades than non-dyslexic children in both text reading and Landolt reading tasks. Dyslexic children had smaller pro-saccade amplitude than non-dyslexic children in the text reading task. Finally, postural performance was poorer in dyslexic children than in non-dyslexic children. Reading difficulties in dyslexic children are related to eye movement strategies required to scan and obtain lexical and semantic meaning. However, postural control performance, which was poor in dyslexic children, is not related to lexical and semantic reading requirements and might not also be related to different eye movement behavior.
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- Milena Razuk
- UMR 1141 Inserm - Paris Diderot University, Robert Debré Hospital, Paris, France
- Institute of Physical Activity and Sport Sciences, Cruzeiro do Sul University, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
- * E-mail:
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- Institute of Physical Activity and Sport Sciences, Cruzeiro do Sul University, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
- Institute of Biosciences, São Paulo State University, Rio Claro, São Paulo, Brazil
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- UMR 1141 Inserm - Paris Diderot University, Robert Debré Hospital, Paris, France
- Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Department, Robert Debré Hospital, Paris, France
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- UMR 1141 Inserm - Paris Diderot University, Robert Debré Hospital, Paris, France
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Stein J. What is Developmental Dyslexia? Brain Sci 2018; 8:brainsci8020026. [PMID: 29401712 PMCID: PMC5836045 DOI: 10.3390/brainsci8020026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2018] [Revised: 01/30/2018] [Accepted: 02/02/2018] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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Until the 1950s, developmental dyslexia was defined as a hereditary visual disability, selectively affecting reading without compromising oral or non-verbal reasoning skills. This changed radically after the development of the phonological theory of dyslexia; this not only ruled out any role for visual processing in its aetiology, but it also cast doubt on the use of discrepancy between reading and reasoning skills as a criterion for diagnosing it. Here I argue that this theory is set at too high a cognitive level to be explanatory; we need to understand the pathophysiological visual and auditory mechanisms that cause children's phonological problems. I discuss how the 'magnocellular theory' attempts to do this in terms of slowed and error prone temporal processing which leads to dyslexics' defective visual and auditory sequencing when attempting to read. I attempt to deal with the criticisms of this theory and show how it leads to a number of successful ways of helping dyslexic children to overcome their reading difficulties.
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- John Stein
- Department Physiology, Anatomy & Genetics, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3PT, UK.
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Vinuela-Navarro V, Erichsen JT, Williams C, Woodhouse JM. Saccades and fixations in children with delayed reading skills. Ophthalmic Physiol Opt 2017; 37:531-541. [DOI: 10.1111/opo.12392] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2016] [Accepted: 04/24/2017] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- School of Social and Community Medicine; University of Bristol; Bristol UK
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Eckstein MK, Guerra-Carrillo B, Miller Singley AT, Bunge SA. Beyond eye gaze: What else can eyetracking reveal about cognition and cognitive development? Dev Cogn Neurosci 2017; 25:69-91. [PMID: 27908561 PMCID: PMC6987826 DOI: 10.1016/j.dcn.2016.11.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 239] [Impact Index Per Article: 34.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2016] [Revised: 10/26/2016] [Accepted: 11/07/2016] [Indexed: 01/11/2023] Open
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This review provides an introduction to two eyetracking measures that can be used to study cognitive development and plasticity: pupil dilation and spontaneous blink rate. We begin by outlining the rich history of gaze analysis, which can reveal the current focus of attention as well as cognitive strategies. We then turn to the two lesser-utilized ocular measures. Pupil dilation is modulated by the brain's locus coeruleus-norepinephrine system, which controls physiological arousal and attention, and has been used as a measure of subjective task difficulty, mental effort, and neural gain. Spontaneous eyeblink rate correlates with levels of dopamine in the central nervous system, and can reveal processes underlying learning and goal-directed behavior. Taken together, gaze, pupil dilation, and blink rate are three non-invasive and complementary measures of cognition with high temporal resolution and well-understood neural foundations. Here we review the neural foundations of pupil dilation and blink rate, provide examples of their usage, describe analytic methods and methodological considerations, and discuss their potential for research on learning, cognitive development, and plasticity.
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- Maria K Eckstein
- Department of Psychology, University of California at Berkeley, United States
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- Department of Psychology, University of California at Berkeley, United States; Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute, University of California at Berkeley, United States.
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