Dyslexia: A Very Short Introduction

Very Short Introductions

• Introduces the exciting research surrounding dyslexia today, including analysis of the potential causes of dyslexia
• Discusses the neuroscience of dyslexia, and what we have learned about how it works through techniques such as brain scanning
• Weighs up the various strategies and interventions which can help people with dyslexia today, sifting the fact from the fiction
• Provides a brief history of dyslexia since its recognition in 1896
• Draws on cross-linguistic studies to look at dyslexia in various different languages
• Part of the Very Short Introductions series--millions of copies sold worldwide