Attentional blink deficits observed in dyslexia depend on task demands

Vision Research

Volumn 47, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1292-1302

  Buchholz, Judy ^a   Aimola Davies, Anne ^a,b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Visual attention dyslexia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLINKING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTRACTIBILITY; DYSLEXIA; EYELID REFLEX; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT TERM MEMORY; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; ATTENTION; BLINKING; COLOR PERCEPTION; DYSLEXIA; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 34047261807     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.visres.2006.11.028     Document Type: Article

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