Visual magnocellular impairment in adult developmental dyslexics

Neuro-Ophthalmology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 187-201

  Talcott, Joel B ^a   Hansen, Peter C ^a   Willis Owen, Charles ^a   McKinnell, Iain W ^a   Richardson, Alex J ^a   Stein, John F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dyslexia; Flicker fusion; Magnocellular; Motion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITICAL FLICKER FUSION; DYSLEXIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; PHONETICS; READING; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 0031649611     PISSN: 01658107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/noph.20.4.187.3931     Document Type: Article

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