The time course of attentional focusing in dyslexic and normally reading children

Brain and Cognition

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 181-184

  Facoetti, Andrea ^a,b   Lorusso, Maria Luisa ^a   Paganoni, Pierluigi ^c   Cattaneo, Carmen ^a   Galli, Raffaella ^a   Mascetti, Gian Gastone ^b  

^a SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; AUTOMATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; DYSLEXIA; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; TEMPORAL LOBE; TIME; VISUAL ADAPTATION;

EID: 0242662553     PISSN: 02782626     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0278-2626(03)00105-2     Document Type: Article

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