Sequential processing deficits of reading disabled persons is independent of inter-stimulus interval

Vision Research

Volumn 46, Issue 22, 2006, Pages 3949-3960

  Ram Tsur, R ^a   Faust, M ^a   Zivotofsky, A Z ^a  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Attention; Contrast threshold; Dyslexia; Magnocellular; Memory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSLEXIA; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LANGUAGE; LEARNING DISORDER; MAGNOCELLULAR THEORY; MALE; MEMORY; PERCEPTION; PHONETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; READING; SPEECH PERCEPTION; TASK PERFORMANCE; THEORY; VISUAL STIMULATION; VISUAL THRESHOLD;

ADULT; ATTENTION; COGNITION; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; DYSLEXIA; DYSLEXIA, ACQUIRED; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; ORIENTATION; PERCEPTUAL DISORDERS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOLINGUISTICS; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; PSYCHOPHYSICS; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; SPACE PERCEPTION; SPEECH PERCEPTION; TIME PERCEPTION; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 33748541978     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.visres.2006.07.001     Document Type: Article

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