Effect of Oculomotor and Other Visual Skills on Reading Performance: A Literature Review

Optometry and Vision Science

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 283-292

  Kulp, Marjean Taylor ^a   Schmidt, Paulette P ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Binocular vision anomalies; Children; Oculomotor efficiency; Reading; Saccadic eye movement

Indexed keywords

BINOCULAR VISION; EYE MOVEMENTS; OPHTHALMOLOGY; PERFORMANCE;

CHILDREN; OCULOMOTOR EFFICIENCY; OPTOMETRY; READING; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; VISION ANOMALY;

VISION;

EYE FIXATION; EYE MOVEMENT CONTROL; HUMAN; OPTOMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; READING; REVIEW; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; SKILL; STRABISMUS;

APTITUDE; DYSLEXIA; EYE MOVEMENTS; HUMANS; OCULOMOTOR MUSCLES; ORTHOPTICS; READING; SACCADES; VISION; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 0030130797     PISSN: 10405488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006324-199604000-00011     Document Type: Review

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