Are poor mathematics skills associated with visual deficits in temporal processing?

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 469, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 248-250

  Sigmundsson, H ^a   Anholt, S K ^a   Talcott, J B ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coherent motion; Comorbidity; Dyscalculia; Dyslexia; Visual dorsal stream

Indexed keywords

CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MATHEMATICAL CONCEPTS; MOTION PERCEPTION; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOPHYSICS; THINKING; TIME PERCEPTION; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 72749095154     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2009.12.005     Document Type: Article

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