Effects of a red background on magnocellular functioning in average and specifically disabled readers

Vision Research

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 1037-1045

  Edwards, Veronica T ^a   Hogben, John H ^a   Clark, Craig D ^a   Pratt, Chris ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Dyslexia; Magnocellular system; Metacontrast masking; Transient channel

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLOR; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSLEXIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MAGNOCELLULAR NUCLEUS; MALE; NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; READING;

EID: 0029863407     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0042-6989(95)00193-X     Document Type: Article

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