Is there a common linkage among reading comprehension, visual attention, and magnocellular processing?

Journal of Learning Disabilities

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 270-278

  Solan, Harold A ^a   Shelley Tremblay, John F ^b   Hansen, Peter C ^c   Larson, Steven ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 34249824581     PISSN: 00222194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/00222194070400030701     Document Type: Article

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