On the prevalence of magnocellular deficits in the visual system of non-dyslexic individuals

Brain and Language

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 79-82

  Skoyles, John ^a   Skottun, Bernt Christian ^b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^b Skottun Research   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSLEXIA; GIANT CELL; HUMAN; POPULATION; PREVALENCE; PUBLISHING; READING; THEORETICAL MODEL; VISUAL FIELD DEFECT; VISUAL SYSTEM;

EID: 0348047404     PISSN: 0093934X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0093-934X(03)00162-7     Document Type: Article

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