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DOSTÁLOVÁ, Nicol, Roman ŠVAŘÍČEK, Čeněk ŠAŠINKA and Jiří ČENĚK. Eye movements of dyslexic children during the reading of syllables and consistent text : An eye-tracking study. In European Conference on Educational Research ECER 2022. 2022.

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TY  - CONF
ID  - 2213302
AU  - Dostálová, Nicol - Švaříček, Roman - Šašinka, Čeněk - Čeněk, Jiří
PY  - 2022
TI  - Eye movements of dyslexic children during the reading of syllables and consistent text : An eye-tracking study
KW  - eye-tracking
KW  - dyslexia
KW  - reading difficulties
UR  - https://eera-ecer.de/ecer-programmes/conference/27/contribution/53731/
N2  - Dyslexia is a specific learning disorder manifested by reading difficulties such as errors in spelling and decoding words which consequently complicates the reading process and text comprehension (Gabrieli, 2009). Nowadays, a large amount of information is presented in a text form, which influences the knowledge uptake and further vocabulary expansion (Rello & Ballesteros, 2015). Repeated failures in reading can lead to reduced motivation, problems with behaviour and anxiety in children with dyslexia (Spafford & Grosser, 1996). For this reason, early diagnosis of dyslexia is crucial, which would also allow early selection of an appropriate therapy method. This would subsequently improve the pupil's adaptation to the school environment, not only in terms of the pupil's overall school performance but also in terms of the individual's social and emotional development (Nilsson Benfatto et al., 2016). Several theories try to explain the neurobiological origin of dyslexia and some of them are closely related to the visual perception and eye movements (e.g., magnocellular theory or cerebellar theory) while reading (Jošt, 2011). Eye movements can be measured via eye-tracking. Eye-tracking is a device that can provide eye movements recordings while reading. Current research shows that dyslexics have different eye movements (saccades and fixations) during reading compared to ordinary readers (e.g., Rayner, 1998; Hutzler & Wimmer, 2004). However, eye movements are not registered during the diagnostics of dyslexia in the Czech environment. The analysis of eye movements of dyslexic pupils can bring new knowledge into the field of diagnosis, possible prediction of dyslexia and also can provide a selection of appropriate therapy. The main aim of this paper is to present the results of the eye-tracking pilot study focused on eye movements aspects of dyslexic children during reading syllables and consistent text and to verify the research methodology of this study.
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Original name	Eye movements of dyslexic children during the reading of syllables and consistent text : An eye-tracking study
Authors	DOSTÁLOVÁ, Nicol (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution), Roman ŠVAŘÍČEK (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Čeněk ŠAŠINKA (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution) and Jiří ČENĚK (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution).
Edition	European Conference on Educational Research ECER 2022, 2022.

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Original language	English
Type of outcome	Presentations at conferences
Field of Study	50301 Education, general; including training, pedagogy, didactics [and education systems]
Country of publisher	Armenia
Confidentiality degree	is not subject to a state or trade secret
WWW	URL
RIV identification code	RIV/00216224:14210/22:00129483
Organization unit	Faculty of Arts
Keywords in English	eye-tracking; dyslexia; reading difficulties
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Tags	International impact, Reviewed
Changed by	Changed by: Mgr. Bc. Libor Juhaňák, Ph.D., učo 217393. Changed: 13/3/2023 09:57.

Abstract
Dyslexia is a specific learning disorder manifested by reading difficulties such as errors in spelling and decoding words which consequently complicates the reading process and text comprehension (Gabrieli, 2009). Nowadays, a large amount of information is presented in a text form, which influences the knowledge uptake and further vocabulary expansion (Rello & Ballesteros, 2015). Repeated failures in reading can lead to reduced motivation, problems with behaviour and anxiety in children with dyslexia (Spafford & Grosser, 1996). For this reason, early diagnosis of dyslexia is crucial, which would also allow early selection of an appropriate therapy method. This would subsequently improve the pupil's adaptation to the school environment, not only in terms of the pupil's overall school performance but also in terms of the individual's social and emotional development (Nilsson Benfatto et al., 2016). Several theories try to explain the neurobiological origin of dyslexia and some of them are closely related to the visual perception and eye movements (e.g., magnocellular theory or cerebellar theory) while reading (Jošt, 2011). Eye movements can be measured via eye-tracking. Eye-tracking is a device that can provide eye movements recordings while reading. Current research shows that dyslexics have different eye movements (saccades and fixations) during reading compared to ordinary readers (e.g., Rayner, 1998; Hutzler & Wimmer, 2004). However, eye movements are not registered during the diagnostics of dyslexia in the Czech environment. The analysis of eye movements of dyslexic pupils can bring new knowledge into the field of diagnosis, possible prediction of dyslexia and also can provide a selection of appropriate therapy. The main aim of this paper is to present the results of the eye-tracking pilot study focused on eye movements aspects of dyslexic children during reading syllables and consistent text and to verify the research methodology of this study.

Abstract

Dyslexia is a specific learning disorder manifested by reading difficulties such as errors in spelling and decoding words which consequently complicates the reading process and text comprehension (Gabrieli, 2009). Nowadays, a large amount of information is presented in a text form, which influences the knowledge uptake and further vocabulary expansion (Rello & Ballesteros, 2015). Repeated failures in reading can lead to reduced motivation, problems with behaviour and anxiety in children with dyslexia (Spafford & Grosser, 1996). For this reason, early diagnosis of dyslexia is crucial, which would also allow early selection of an appropriate therapy method. This would subsequently improve the pupil's adaptation to the school environment, not only in terms of the pupil's overall school performance but also in terms of the individual's social and emotional development (Nilsson Benfatto et al., 2016). Several theories try to explain the neurobiological origin of dyslexia and some of them are closely related to the visual perception and eye movements (e.g., magnocellular theory or cerebellar theory) while reading (Jošt, 2011). Eye movements can be measured via eye-tracking. Eye-tracking is a device that can provide eye movements recordings while reading. Current research shows that dyslexics have different eye movements (saccades and fixations) during reading compared to ordinary readers (e.g., Rayner, 1998; Hutzler & Wimmer, 2004). However, eye movements are not registered during the diagnostics of dyslexia in the Czech environment. The analysis of eye movements of dyslexic pupils can bring new knowledge into the field of diagnosis, possible prediction of dyslexia and also can provide a selection of appropriate therapy. The main aim of this paper is to present the results of the eye-tracking pilot study focused on eye movements aspects of dyslexic children during reading syllables and consistent text and to verify the research methodology of this study.

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TL05000177, research and development project	Name: Diagnostika dyslexie s využitím eye-trackingu a umělé inteligence (Acronym: DYSLEX)
TL05000177, research and development project	Investor: Technology Agency of the Czech Republic