Audiovisual Learning in Dyslexic and Typical Adults: Modulating Influences of Location and Context Consistency.

ABSTRACT: Learning to read involves efficient binding of visual to auditory information. Aberrant cross-modal binding skill has been observed in both children and adults with developmental dyslexia. Here, we examine the contribution of episodic memory to acquisition of novel cross-modal bindings in typical and dyslexic adult readers. Participants gradually learned arbitrary associations between unfamiliar Mandarin Chinese characters and English-like pseudowords over multiple exposures, simulating the early stages of letter-to-letter sound mapping. The novel cross-modal bindings were presented in consistent or varied locations (i.e., screen positions), and within consistent or varied contexts (i.e., co-occurring distractor items). Our goal was to examine the contribution, if any, of these episodic me

SUBMITTER: Calabrich SL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8581559 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature