The effect of contrast on reading speed in dyslexia

Vision Research

Volumn 40, Issue 14, 2000, Pages 1921-1935

  O’Brien, Beth A ^a   Mansfield, J Stephen ^a   Legge, Gordon E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Contrast; Dyslexia; Reading

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DYSLEXIA; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; READING; SCHOOL CHILD; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION; VELOCITY; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; DYSLEXIA; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; READING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 0034068497     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0042-6989(00)00041-9     Document Type: Article

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