Tachistoscopic treatment of dyslexia changes the distribution of visual-spatial attention

Brain and Cognition

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 135-142

  Lorusso, Maria Luisa ^a   Facoetti, Andrea ^a,b   Toraldo, Alessio ^c   Molteni, Massimo ^a  

^a SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^c SISSA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Dyslexia; Peripheral vision; Treatment; Visual attention

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEPTH PERCEPTION; DYSLEXIA; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; READING; SCHOOL CHILD; TACHISTOSCOPY; VISION;

EID: 13644264742     PISSN: 02782626     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bandc.2004.08.057     Document Type: Article

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