Tactile perception in developmental dyslexia: A psychophysical study using gratings

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 37, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 1201-1211

  Grant, Arthur C ^a   Zangaladze, Andro ^a   Thiagarajah, Mahesh C ^a   Sathian, K ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acuity; Finger; Orientation; Somatosensory; Texture

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSLEXIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; REVIEW; SCHOOL CHILD; TACTILE DISCRIMINATION;

EID: 0032767603     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0028-3932(99)00013-5     Document Type: Article

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