61 university students (27 dyslexic and 34 controls) participated in the study. Both groups were matched for chronological age (25.2±3.5 years) and were within normal nonverbal IQ range as measured by the Raven Standard Progressive Matrices [48] [T(2,59) = 3.36, P>.05 for the Raven matrix test: X = 109±2.13 for the dyslexics and X = 112±1.11 for the controls]. All were native Hebrew speakers from a middle-class background. All subjects were right-handed, displayed normal or corrected-to-normal vision in both eyes, and were screened for normal hearing. None of the participants had a history of neurological or emotional disorders, or attention deficit as measured by the D2 test [49] [T(2,59) = 3.39, P>.05, for the attention D2 test: X = 8.76±1.45, for the dyslexic readers and X = 8.88±1.23 for the controls].
