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This study aims to provide normative data for the Spacing Words and Pseudowords (SWAP) reading test for the Italian population, a novel tool sensitive to identify specific visuo-perceptual and attentional deficits in patients with acquired peripheral dyslexia based on the modulatory effect of letter spacing.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The test was administered to 199 neurologically unimpaired Italian participants (86 males), with an average age of 57.3 years (range 20\u201390) and an average education of 14.1 years (range 5\u201328). An innovative scoring method based on the type and position of errors (letter-based) was proposed, and the effect of spacing condition on specific types of errors was investigated.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Regression-based norms are provided for both word-based and letter-based errors. A significant effect of spacing on accuracy, with an increased number of errors in the spaced compared to the unspaced condition, was observed for substitutions and additions, but not for omissions. Furthermore, examples to illustrate the clinical application of the test in right-brain-damaged patients with acquired dyslexia are described.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Discussion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The SWAP reading test, provided with proper norms, may serve as a clinical tool to investigate visual-perceptual and attentional mechanisms involved in reading and possibly affected by brain damage, disentangling neglect dyslexia from crowding dyslexia.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.3389\/fpsyg.2026.1911950","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,9,3]],"date-time":"2026-09-03T05:22:09Z","timestamp":1788412929000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3389\/crossmark-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["The spacing words and pseudowords reading test: normative data to measure peripheral acquired dyslexia in the Italian adult population"],"prefix":"10.3389","volume":"17","author":[{"given":"Laura","family":"Veronelli","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Psychology, University of Milano-Bicocca and Milan Centre for Neuroscience (NeuroMI)","place":["Milan, Italy"]},{"name":"Department of Neurorehabilitation Sciences, Casa di Cura IGEA","place":["Milan, Italy"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Roberta","family":"Daini","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Psychology, University of Milano-Bicocca and Milan Centre for Neuroscience (NeuroMI)","place":["Milan, Italy"]},{"name":"Optics and Optometry Research Centre University of Milano Bicocca (COMiB)","place":["Milan, Italy"]},{"name":"IRCCS Fondazione Don Carlo Gnocchi ONLUS","place":["Milan, Italy"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Silvia","family":"Primativo","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Human Sciences, LUMSA University","place":["Rome, Italy"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Carlo","family":"Toneatto","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Psychology, University of Milano-Bicocca","place":["Milan, Italy"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Lucia","family":"Ghielmi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Psychology, University of Milano-Bicocca","place":["Milan, Italy"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Silvia","family":"Pino","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Psychology, University of Milano-Bicocca","place":["Milan, Italy"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Giulia","family":"Gilardone","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Neurorehabilitation Sciences, Casa di Cura IGEA","place":["Milan, Italy"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Marialuisa","family":"Martelli","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Psychology, University La Sapienza","place":["Rome, Italy"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Lisa S.","family":"Arduino","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Human Sciences, LUMSA University","place":["Rome, Italy"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1965","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,9,3]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"961","DOI":"10.1007\/s10072-021-05374-0","article-title":"Norms and standardizations in neuropsychology via equivalent scores: software solutions and practical guides","volume":"43","author":"Aiello","year":"2022","journal-title":"Neurol. 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