Biological Nature of Dyslexia: Brief Literature Review and the Examples of Studies

  • Елена Леонидовна Григоренко Lomonosov Moscow State University, GSP-1, Leninskie Gory, Moscow, 119991, Russian Federation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.17323/1813-8918-2010-4-20-45
Keywords: reading, dyslexia, brain mapping, catechol-O-methyltransferase, COMT, genetic basis of behavior

Abstract

Modern understanding of biological nature of reading and dyslexia is presented as well as three psychogenetic studies carried out by different methods on different samples showing the dependence between COMT gene, individual differences in reading and in the processes connected to reading.

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Published
2011-03-16
How to Cite
ГригоренкоЕ. Л. (2011). Biological Nature of Dyslexia: Brief Literature Review and the Examples of Studies. Psychology. Journal of the Higher School of Economics, 7(4), 20-45. https://doi.org/10.17323/1813-8918-2010-4-20-45
Issue
Vol 7 No 4 (2010)
Section
Theoretical and Empirical Research