Is coherent motion an appropriate test for magnocellular sensitivity?

Brain and Cognition

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 172-180

  Skottun, Bernt C ^a   Skoyles, John R ^b  

^a Skottun Research   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Area MT; Dyslexia; Koniocellular; Magnocellular; Motion perception; Movement; Parvocellular; Random dots; Vision

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; COLOR VISION; HUMAN; LUMINANCE; MAGNOCELLULAR NUCLEUS; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPATIAL SUMMATION; VISUAL CORTEX;

BRAIN; DYSLEXIA; HUMANS; MOTION PERCEPTION; NEURONS; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SPACE PERCEPTION;

EID: 33646842921     PISSN: 02782626     EISSN: 10902147     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bandc.2005.12.004     Document Type: Article

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