Attentional modulation of visual processing in adult dyslexia: A spatial-cuing deficit

Psychological Science

Volumn 15, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 650-654

  Roach, Neil W ^a   Hogben, John H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; DEPTH PERCEPTION; DYSLEXIA; EYE FIXATION; HUMAN; PERCEPTION DISORDER; VISION;

ADULT; ATTENTION; CUES; DYSLEXIA; FIXATION, OCULAR; HUMANS; PERCEPTUAL DISORDERS; SPACE PERCEPTION; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 7444219597     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0956-7976.2004.00735.x     Document Type: Article

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