Motion-perception deficits and reading impairment: It's the noise, not the motion

Psychological Science

Volumn 17, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1047-1053

  Sperling, Anne J ^a,b   Lu, Zhong Lin ^c   Manis, Franklin R ^c   Seidenberg, Mark S ^d  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; COGNITION; DYSLEXIA; FEMALE; HEARING; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE TEST; MALE; MOTION; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; NOISE; PERCEPTION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOPHYSICS; STUDENT; TASK PERFORMANCE; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; CHILD; COGNITION; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); DYSLEXIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE TESTS; MALE; MOTION; MOTION PERCEPTION; NOISE; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; PSYCHOACOUSTICS; STUDENTS; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 33845649454     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9280.2006.01825.x     Document Type: Article

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