The spatial distribution of visual attention in developmental dyslexia

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 132, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 531-538

  Facoetti, Andrea ^a,b,c   Paganoni, Pierluigi ^b   Lorusso, Maria Luisa ^a  

^a SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^b Azienda Ospedaliera di Bergamo   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Dyslexia; Focusing; Reaction time; Spatial attention; Visual search

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSLEXIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; READING; RESPONSE TIME; RETINA FOVEA; SCHOOL CHILD; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL INFORMATION; VISUAL STIMULATION;

EID: 0034079463     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002219900330     Document Type: Article

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