Latencies of stimulus-driven eye movements are shorter in dyslexic subjects

Brain and Cognition

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 64-69

  Bednarek, Dorota B ^a,c   Tarnowski, Adam ^b,d   Grabowska, Anna ^a  

^a NENCKI INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^c SWPS UNIVERSITY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES   (Poland)

^d Polish Air Force Institute of Aviation Medicine Warsaw   (Poland)

Author keywords

Attention; Dyslexia; Eye movements; Magnocellular channel; Sex differences

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSLEXIA; EYE MOVEMENT CONTROL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; READING; SEX DIFFERENCE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ATTENTION; CHILD; DYSLEXIA; EYE MOVEMENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; REACTION TIME; SEX FACTORS; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 32344435925     PISSN: 02782626     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bandc.2005.09.007     Document Type: Article

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