The visual deficit theory of developmental dyslexia

NeuroImage

Volumn 4, Issue 3 SUPPL. 2, 1996, Pages

  Eden, Guinevere F ^a   Vanmeter, John W ^b   Rumsey, Judith M ^c   Zeffird'O, Thomas A ^d  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^d Sensor Systems Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN SCINTISCANNING; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEPTH PERCEPTION; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DYSLEXIA; HUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISION TEST; VISUOMOTOR COORDINATION;

EID: 0030470604     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/nimg.1996.0061     Document Type: Conference Paper

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