Evidence for ocular motor deficits in developmental dyslexia: Application of the double-step paradigm

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 47, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 4401-4409

  Ram Tsur, Ronit ^a   Faust, Miriam ^a   Caspi, Avi ^a   Gordon, Carlos R ^b,c,d   Zivotofsky, Ari Z ^a,b  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c MEIR MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^d TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSLEXIA; EYE DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; READING; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL INFORMATION; EYE MOVEMENT DISORDER; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; VISUAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION;

ADULT; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, OPHTHALMOLOGICAL; DYSLEXIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OCULAR MOTILITY DISORDERS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; SACCADES;

EID: 33750599406     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.05-1657     Document Type: Article

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