Developmental dyslexia: Passive visual stimulation provides no evidence for a magnocellular processing defect

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 34, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 1123-1127

  Johannes, Sönke ^a   Kussmaul, Clifton L ^b   Münte, Thomas F ^a   Mangun, George R ^c  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Developmental dyslexia; Human; Magnocellular pathway; Visual evoked potentials (VEP)

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSLEXIA; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PATTERN STIMULATION; VISION; VISUAL STIMULATION;

EID: 0030298548     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0028-3932(96)00026-7     Document Type: Article

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