Elucidating the component processes involved in dyslexic and non-dyslexic reading fluency: An eye-tracking study

Cognition

Volumn 109, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 389-407

  Jones, Manon W ^a   Obregón, Mateo ^a   Louise Kelly, M ^a   Branigan, Holly P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Confusability; Dyslexia; Eye tracking; Eye voice span; Rapid automatized naming

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSLEXIA; EYE TRACKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; PERFORMANCE; PHONETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; READING; RESPONSE TIME; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISION;

ADULT; DYSLEXIA; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EYE MOVEMENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; READING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 56349171331     PISSN: 00100277     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cognition.2008.10.005     Document Type: Article

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