Book reviewed in this article:This review is concerned with the current theories surrounding the neurological basis of reading disability and although this has important implications for optometric management of vision‐related learning problems, this review is not a practice management guide. Rather, it critically summarises research in this field, providing a logical foundation on which clinical management should be based. Evidence suggests that the great majority of dyslexics show transient sensory and temporal processing deficiencies in one or all of the senses.Clinical tests of transient visual function (such as flicker contrast sensitivity) and temporal processing speed, corresponding to an assessment of the magnocellular visual pathway, could discriminate pre‐reading children at risk of reading difficulty. If attention mechanisms are affected by transient system temporal processing deficits, then treatments which enhance visual attention and binocular stability would be expected to produce the best progno
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