Developmental eye movement test: What is it really measuring?

Optometry and Vision Science

Volumn 86, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 722-730

  Ayton, Lauren N ^a   Abel, Larry A ^a   Fricke, Timothy R ^a   McBrien, Neville A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Developmental Eye Movement (DEM) test; Eye movements; Reading; Saccades; Visual processing

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT TOOL; CLINICAL PRACTICES; COMPARATIVE STUDIES; DEVELOPMENTAL EYE MOVEMENT (DEM) TEST; EYE TRACKERS; PEAK VELOCITIES; READING; READING PERFORMANCE; SACCADES; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENTS; TEST PERFORMANCE; VISUAL PROCESSING;

DATA PROCESSING; TESTING; VISUAL COMMUNICATION;

EYE MOVEMENTS;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEVELOPMENTAL EYE MOVEMENT TEST; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; OCULOGRAPHY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; READING; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VERBALIZATION; VISION;

CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; EYE MOVEMENT MEASUREMENTS; HUMANS; INFRARED RAYS; READING; SACCADES; TIME FACTORS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 68049103231     PISSN: 10405488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/OPX.0b013e3181a6a4b3     Document Type: Article

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