Auditory attentional shifts in reading-disabled students: Quantification of attentional effectiveness by the Attentional Shift Index

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 143-148

  AsbjØrnsen, Arve E ^a,b   Bryden, M P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b Eikelund Resource Centre   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dichotic listening; Directed attention; Language laterality

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DICHOTIC LISTENING; DYSLEXIA; ERROR; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; READING; SCHOOL CHILD; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADOLESCENT; ATTENTION; CHILD; DICHOTIC LISTENING TESTS; DYSLEXIA; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS;

EID: 0032006137     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0028-3932(97)00090-0     Document Type: Article

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