No evidence for a prolonged attentional blink in developmental dyslexia

Cortex

Volumn 46, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1317-1329

  McLean, Gregor M T ^a   Castles, Anne ^a   Coltheart, Veronika ^a   Stuart, Geoffrey W ^b  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Attentional blink; Dyslexia; Reading development

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; ATTENTIONAL BLINK; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSLEXIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PHONETICS; READING; SCHOOL CHILD; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL MEMORY;

ATTENTION; ATTENTIONAL BLINK; CHILD; DYSLEXIA; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; READING;

EID: 77958150131     PISSN: 00109452     EISSN: 00109452     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cortex.2010.06.010     Document Type: Article

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