Development of a magnocellular function in good and poor primary school-age readers

Optometry and Vision Science

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 62-68

  Barnard, Natasha ^a   Crewther, Sheila Gillard ^b   Crewther, David P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Contrast threshold; Development; Flicker defined form; Magnocellular; Reading disability

Indexed keywords

COLOR VISION; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; PEDIATRICS;

MAGNOCELLULAR FUNCTION; NEALE READING ANALYSIS; RAVEN'S COLOURED PROGRESSIVE MATRICES; READING DISABILITY;

BINOCULAR VISION;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; CRITICAL FLICKER FUSION; DYSLEXIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAGNOCELLULAR NUCLEUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; READING; RETINA GANGLION CELL; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIOECONOMICS; VISION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; DYSLEXIA; FLICKER FUSION; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; READING; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL PATHWAYS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0031908666     PISSN: 10405488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006324-199801000-00026     Document Type: Article

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