An investigation of some sensory and refractive visual factors in dyslexia

Vision Research

Volumn 34, Issue 14, 1994, Pages 1913-1926

  Evans, Bruce J W ^a   Drasdo, Neville ^a   Richards, Ian L ^a  

^a ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dyslexia Visual acuity Refractive error Parallel processing Transient sub system

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSLEXIA; GIANT CELL; HUMAN; OPTOMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; READING; REFRACTION ERROR; SCHOOL CHILD; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL THRESHOLD;

CHILD; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; DYSLEXIA; EYE MOVEMENTS; FLICKER FUSION; HUMAN; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PSYCHOMETRICS; REFRACTIVE ERRORS; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; VISION DISORDERS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0028307343     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0042-6989(94)90315-8     Document Type: Article

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