Attention, reading and dyslexia

Clinical and Experimental Optometry

Volumn 89, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 241-245

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

^a Skottun Research   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attention; Dorsal stream; Dyslexia; Eye movement; Magnocellular; Parietal stream; Reading

Indexed keywords

ATTENTION; DYSLEXIA; EYE MOVEMENT; HUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; READING; REVIEW;

ATTENTION; DYSLEXIA; EYE MOVEMENTS; HUMANS; READING;

EID: 33748092548     PISSN: 08164622     EISSN: 14440938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1444-0938.2006.00052.x     Document Type: Article

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