Do children with developmental dyslexia show a selective visual attention deficit?

Strabismus

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 85-93

  Sireteanu, Ruxandra ^a,b   Goebel, Claudia ^a   Goertz, Ralf ^a,b   Wandert, Timo ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BRAIN RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Conjunction tasks; Developmental dyslexia; Pediatric ophthalmology; Phonological impairment; Pseudoneglect; Visual attention; Visual search

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSLEXIA; ERROR; GENDER; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; ORIENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; SCHOOL CHILD; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISION; VISUAL DISORDER; VISUAL FIELD;

ADOLESCENT; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CHILD; DISEASE PROGRESSION; DYSLEXIA; HUMANS; VISUAL FIELDS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 33745147911     PISSN: 09273972     EISSN: 17445132     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09273970600701168     Document Type: Conference Paper

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