Attentional deficit in dyslexia: A general or specific impairment?

NeuroReport

Volumn 15, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1787-1790

  Bednarek, Dorota B ^a,b   Saldaña, David ^b   Quintero Gallego, Eliana ^b   García, Isabel ^b   Grabowska, Anna ^a   Gómez, Carlos M ^b  

^a NENCKI INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Attention; Dyslexia; Executive control; Flanked stimuli; Gender differences; Magnocellular channel

Indexed keywords

ALERTNESS; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFLICT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSLEXIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; ORIENTING RESPONSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; VISUOMOTOR COORDINATION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CHILD; DYSLEXIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 4043161484     PISSN: 09594965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.wnr.0000134843.33260.bf     Document Type: Article

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