Relationships between global motion and global form processing, practice, cognitive and visual processing in adults with dyslexia or visual discomfort

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 907-915

  Conlon, Elizabeth G ^a   Sanders, Mary A ^a   Wright, Craig M ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dyslexia; Global motion processing; Magnocellular; Parvocellular; Phonological processing; Visual discomfort

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COGNITION; DYSLEXIA; HUMANS; MALE; MOTION PERCEPTION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; READING; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; VISION DISORDERS; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 59749099367     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2008.12.037     Document Type: Article

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