Psychophysical indexes of temporal processing abnormalities in children with developmental dyslexia

Developmental Neuropsychology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 321-354

  Edwards, Veronica T ^a   Giaschi, Deborah E ^a   Dougherty, Robert F ^b   Edgell, Dorothy ^c   Bjornson, Bruce H ^a   Lyons, Christopher ^a   Douglas, Robert M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUDITORY DISCRIMINATION; AUDITORY SYSTEM; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DICHOTIC LISTENING; DYSLEXIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; READING; VISION;

ADOLESCENT; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; AUDITORY PERCEPTUAL DISORDERS; CHILD; DICHOTIC LISTENING TESTS; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; DYSLEXIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; NEURAL NETWORKS (COMPUTER); PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; PSYCHOPHYSICS; REACTION TIME; READING; TIME PERCEPTION; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 2642572711     PISSN: 87565641     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15326942dn2503_5     Document Type: Article

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