{"id":152,"date":"2014-02-16T18:00:04","date_gmt":"2014-02-16T18:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/test.neurecall.com:8888\/blog\/?p=152"},"modified":"2025-06-06T15:41:48","modified_gmt":"2025-06-06T15:41:48","slug":"attention-deficit-in-dyslexia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.syngli.com\/blog\/attention-deficit-in-dyslexia\/","title":{"rendered":"Attention deficit in shifting between aural and visual stimuli"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>According to research by <a href=\"http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1016%2Fj.cub.2014.01.029\">Harrar et al. (2014 <em>Curr Biol<\/em>)<\/a>, dyslexia involves an attentional deficit when shifting attention from aural to visual stimuli, and even more so when shifting from visual to aural stimuli. See also this <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.kqed.org\/mindshift\/2014\/02\/can-playing-video-games-help-with-dyslexia\/\">MindShift blog post<\/a> by Linda Poon. The work is consistent with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cell.com\/current-biology\/abstract\/S0960-9822(13)00079-1\">Francheschini et al.\u2019s (2013 <em>Curr Biol<\/em>)<\/a> report that dyslexic children can read better after playing action video games.<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.syngli.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/jeshoots-com-eCktzGjC-iU-unsplash.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" data-id=\"2031\" src=\"https:\/\/www.syngli.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/jeshoots-com-eCktzGjC-iU-unsplash.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2031\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.syngli.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/jeshoots-com-eCktzGjC-iU-unsplash.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.syngli.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/jeshoots-com-eCktzGjC-iU-unsplash-250x167.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.syngli.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/jeshoots-com-eCktzGjC-iU-unsplash-120x80.jpg 120w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Photo by <a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/@jeshoots?utm_content=creditCopyText&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_source=unsplash\">JESHOOTS.COM<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/photos\/two-people-playing-sony-ps4-game-console-eCktzGjC-iU?utm_content=creditCopyText&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_source=unsplash\">Unsplash<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"According to research by Harrar et al. (2014 Curr Biol), dyslexia involves an attentional deficit when shifting attention from aural to visual stimuli, and even more so when shifting from visual to aural stimuli. See also this MindShift blog post by Linda Poon. The work is consistent with Francheschini et al.\u2019s (2013 Curr Biol) report&#8230; <a class=\"view-article\" href=\"https:\/\/www.syngli.com\/blog\/attention-deficit-in-dyslexia\/\">View Article<\/a>","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":2031,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-152","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Attention deficit in shifting between aural and visual stimuli - Syngli - Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"dyslexia involves an attentional deficit when shifting attention from aural to visual stimuli, and even more so when shifting from visual to aural stimuli.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.syngli.com\/blog\/attention-deficit-in-dyslexia\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Attention deficit in shifting between aural and visual stimuli - 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