Poly-unsaturated Fatty Acids and Developmental Dyslexia

Inclusion Criteria

• •A formal diagnosis of Developmental Dyslexia, Specific Reading Disorders or Mixed Learning Disorders
• •Age between 7 and 15
• •Attending at least the third class of primary school
• •Monolingual speakers or bilingual speakers with perfect mastery of the Italian language (equivalent to monolinguals)
• •Intelligence Quotient (IQ) \>= 80
• •At least one z-score below -2 Standard Deviations from age mean in at least one of the following tests: text reading, word reading, nonword reading (Dyslexia and Dysorthography (DDE-2) battery, Memory Training (MT) tests)
• •Not having received any specific rehabilitation treatment for dyslexia before
• •Age between 7 and 15
• •Attending at least the third class of primary school
• •Monolingual speakers or bilingual speakers with perfect mastery of the Italian language (equivalent to monolinguals)
• •no reported record of difficulties with reading nor specific learning disorders
• •Intelligence Quotient (IQ) \>= 80
• •No z-score below -1,5 Standard Deviations from age mean in any of the following tests: text reading, word reading, nonword reading ("DDE-2" battery, "MT" tests)