TDFC 2012 – Dr. Fred Morrison
Professor, University of Michigan
Professor, University of Michigan
Kaufman Psychological Services, P.C
Head of School, The Summit School
Orthography and the Brain–Gene–Behavior Link
By: Peggy McCardle, Ph.D., M.P.H., Brett Miller, Ph.D., Jun Ren Lee, Ph.D., & Ovid J. L. Tzeng, Ph.D.
Developmental dyslexia is defined as a severe and specific difficulty in reading acquisition that is unexpected in relation to other cognitive abilities and educational circumstances. This deceptively simple definition belies the actual neurological complexity that underlies this disorder.