Poor reading skills may involve a failure to focus attention

NeuroReport

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 34-38

  Silva Pereyra, Juan ^a   Bernal, Jorge ^a   Rodríguez Camacho, Mario ^a   Yáñez, Guillermina ^a   Prieto Corona, Belén ^a   Luviano, Lourdes ^a   Hernández, Miguel ^a   Marosi, Erzsebet ^a   Guerrero, Vicente ^a   Rodríguez, Héctor ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Attention; Cue continuous performance task; Poor readers; Reading skills; Source localization; Standardized low resolution brain electromagnetic tomography

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION DISTURBANCE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN TOMOGRAPHY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSLEXIA; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOW RESOLUTION BRAIN ELECTROMAGNETIC TOMOGRAPHY; MALE; PARIETAL LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; BRAIN; CHILD; CUES; DYSLEXIA; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME;

EID: 74349091159     PISSN: 09594965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WNR.0b013e328332c566     Document Type: Article

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