@article{LCNL:39,
	author={Anne J. Sperling and Zhong-Lin Lu and Franklin R. Manis and Mark S. Seidenberg},
	year={2005},
	month={07},
	title={Deficits in perceptual noise exclusion in developmental dyslexia.},
	journal={Nature Neuroscience.},
	volume={8},
	number={7},
	pages={862-863},
	comments={A brief paper reporting an elegant experiment that was part of Anne Sperling's USC thesis. Strong evidence against the magnocellular deficit account of dyslexia; strong evidence that dyslexics are impaired in suppressing perceptual noise, in both magno and parvo channels.},
	abstract={Connectionist models have made significant contributions to understanding developmental phenomena, mainly by providing novel computational accounts of behavioral emergence and change. What is the fate of such models given the increasing interest in and information about the biological bases of development? We consider this issue with respect to the classical idea of a critical period for acquiring language. The standard view is that neurobiological developments on a strict maturational timetable create limits on language learning capacity. Computational analysis suggests the opposite: that learning itself creates neurobiological conditions underlying the “closing” of the critical period. The critical period example suggests how connectionist models can continue to provide a necessary level of analysis intermediate between behavior and brain.},
	language={English},
	URL={http://lcnl.wisc.edu/publications/archive/39.pdf},
}