Functional magnetic resonance imaging of early visual pathways in dyslexia

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 18, Issue 17, 1998, Pages 6939-6951

  Demb, Jonathan B ^a,b   Boynton, Geoffrey M ^a   Heeger, David J ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

FMRI; MT; Neuroimaging; Psychophysics; Reading; Speed discrimination; V1

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSLEXIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHYSICS; READING; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL THRESHOLD;

EID: 0032171574     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.18-17-06939.1998     Document Type: Article

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