Not all dyslexies are created equal

Optometry and Vision Science

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 99-104

  Ridder III, William H ^a   Borsting, Eric ^a   Cooper, Mike ^a   Mcneel, Brian ^a   Huang, Elizabeth ^a  

^a SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA COLLEGE OF OPTOMETRY   (United States)

Author keywords

Contrast sensitivity; Dyslexia; Magnocellular; Reading disabilities

Indexed keywords

PHYSIOLOGY;

DYSLEXIA; MAGNOCELLULAR PATHWAY; TEMPORAL CONTRAST SENSITIVITY FUNCTION;

VISION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSLEXIA; DYSPHONIA; HUMAN; MAGNOCELLULAR NUCLEUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISUAL DISORDER; VISUAL MEMORY; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; DYSLEXIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; VISUAL PATHWAYS; VOICE DISORDERS;

EID: 0031080013     PISSN: 10405488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006324-199702000-00021     Document Type: Article

References (9)

1. Critchley M. Developmental Dyslexia. Springfield, IL: Charles C Thomas, 1964:18-39.
2. Rutter M. Prevalence and types of dyslexia. In: Benton AL, Pearl D, eds. Dyslexia: An Appraisal of Current Knowledge. New York: Oxford University Press, 1978:3-28.
3. Shaywitz SE, Shaywitz BA, Fletcher JM, Escobar MD. Prevalence of reading disability in boys and girls. Results of the Connecticut Longitudinal Study. JAMA 1990;264:998-1002.
4. Evans BJW, Drasdo N. Review of ophthalmic factors in dyslexia. Ophthal Physiol Opt 1990;10:123-32.
5. Lovegrove WJ, Heddle M, Slaghuis W. Reading disability: spatial frequency specific deficits in visual information store. Neuropsychologia 1980;18:111-5.
6. Lovegrove WJ, Heddle M. Visual persistence as a function of spatial frequency and age. Perception 1980;9:529-32.
7. Williams MC, Brannan J, Lartigue E. Visual search in good and poor readers. Clin Vis Sci 1987;1:367-71.
8. Brannan JR, Williams MC. Allocation of visual attention in good and poor readers. Percept Psychophys 1987;41:23-8.
9. Williams MC, LeCluyse K. Perceptual consequences of a temporal processing deficit in reading disabled children. J Am Optom Assoc 1990;61:111-21.