Visual deficits in pre-readers at familial risk for dyslexia

Vision Research

Volumn 48, Issue 28, 2008, Pages 2835-2839

  Kevan, Alison ^a   Pammer, Kristen ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Coherent motion; Dorsal stream; Dyslexia; Magnocellular; Pre reading children; Visual frequency doubling

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSLEXIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; READING; RISK FACTOR; VISION; VISION TEST; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ACCOMMODATION, OCULAR; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DYSLEXIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; PERCEPTUAL DISORDERS; PSYCHOPHYSICS; READING; RISK; VISUAL PATHWAYS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 55649092236     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.visres.2008.09.022     Document Type: Article

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