Yellow filters, magnocellular responses, and reading

International Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 117, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 287-293

  Skottun, Bernt Christian ^b   Skoyles, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Skottun Research   (United States)

Author keywords

Colored filters; Dyslexia; Magnocellular; Reading; S cones; Yellow filter

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DYSLEXIA; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; READING; RETINA CONE; RETINA GANGLION CELL; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ANIMALS; COLOR PERCEPTION; CONES (RETINA); FILTRATION; HUMANS; READING; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 33846966682     PISSN: 00207454     EISSN: 15635279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207450500534076     Document Type: Article

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