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Irlen Syndrome Research
Brain Scans
American psychiatrist, Daniel Amen, has screened Irlen patients for over 10 years. He has performed before and after brain scans of patients with Irlen Lenses and found
that while reading, their brains appear more balanced. Three of these scans are reproduced below. Please use the arrow buttons to navigate.
SPECT 3D Brain scans of an individual with Irlen Syndrome, performed by Daniel Amen M.D., Medical Director, Amen Clinics Inc.,
Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behaviour, University of California, Irvine School of Medicine.
Further Brain Research
Diagnostic impressions using functional brain imaging
are also confirmed by behavioural pediatrician and psychiatrist,
Robert Dobrin, M.D., F.A.A.P. These are consistent with the work of psychologist, Andrew
Yellen, Ph.D., and Thomas Schweller, M.D., a board certified
neurologist and professor of neurology at UC San Diego, who
studied Irlen Syndrome utilising Visual Evoked Responses (VER)
and documented the Yellen-Schweller effect.
Similar findings were presented at the 45th Annual Conference
of the International Military Testing Association in Pensacola,
Florida, in the paper, Perceptual Dyslexia:
It's effect on the Military Cadre and Benefits of Treatment,
by Susann L. Krouse and James H. Irvine. The U.S. Naval Education
and Training Command (NETC) sponsored the Naval Aerospace
Medical Research Laboratory (NAMRL) to assess the prevalence
and possible impact of Irlen Syndrome.
The findings of Daniel Amen M.D. are also consistent with a Magnetoencephalographic
study by Jeffrey David Lewine, Ph.D., John Davis, Ph.D.,
Sherri Provencal, M.A., James Edgar, M.A., and William Orrison,
Jr., M.D., conducted at The Center for Advanced Medical
Technologies, The University of Utah School of Medicine,
Salt Lake City, Utah, and Department of Psychology,
The University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico.
These studies: Brain Research
Bibilography of all research: All studies
Published Journals
Developmental Dyslexia has been documented in Proceedings of the National Academy of Science,
with major studies into Irlen Syndrome published in Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, Australian Journal of Learning Disabilities,
Australian Journal of Remedial Education, Behavioural Optometry, Focus on Dyslexia Research, Journal of Correctional Education,
Journal of Research in Reading, Journal of the American Optometric Association, Ophthalmological and Physiological Optometry,
Perceptual and Motor Skills, The Australasian Journal of Special Education and The Bulletin for Learning Disabilities.
These studies: Journals
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