Attentional engagement deficits in dyslexic children

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 48, Issue 13, 2010, Pages 3793-3801

  Ruffino, Milena ^a,b   Trussardi, Anna Noemi ^a,c   Gori, Simone ^a   Finzi, Alessandra ^d   Giovagnoli, Sara ^e   Menghini, Deny ^d,f   Benassi, Mariagrazia ^e   Molteni, Massimo ^b   Bolzani, Roberto ^e   Vicari, Stefano ^d,f   Facoetti, Andrea ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^c Azienda Ospedaliera di Bergamo   (Italy)

^d BAMBINO GESÙ CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITÀ EUROPEA DI ROMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Graphemic parsing; Reading disorders; Spatio temporal attention; Sublexical route; Temporo parietal junction

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DISTURBANCE; BRAIN DYSFUNCTION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSLEXIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PARIETAL LOBE; PHONETICS; SCHOOL CHILD; SELECTIVE ATTENTION; VISUAL MASKING; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; CHILD; DYSLEXIA; EYE MOVEMENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; READING;

EID: 78149413119     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2010.09.002     Document Type: Article

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