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Current research into Irlen Syndrome at Newcastle University
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Irlen Syndrome Research




CSPECT Brain Scans of an individual with Irlen Syndrome. Performed by Daniel Amen, M.D., Amen Clinics, Inc., Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behaviour, University of California, Irvine School of Medicine.

The first picture (at left) shows that without Irlen FIlters the brain of an individual with Irlen Syndrome while reading displays areas of over stimulation. The second picture (at right) shows that with Irlen Filters there is a significant decrease in this over-activity.

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.

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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.

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