attentional dyslexia

attentional dyslexia

a type of visual word-form dyslexia in which a person is able to read words but has difficulty identifying their constituent letters. This is thought to be caused by a failure of the letter-to-word binding system, resulting in the “migration” of letters between words. People with attentional dyslexia are able to read letters significantly better when they are presented in isolation than when presented together with others as part of a text.