Reading and visual processing in Greek dyslexic children: An eye-movement study

Dyslexia

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 85-104

  Hatzidaki, Anna ^a,b   Gianneli, Maria ^a   Petrakis, Eftichis ^a   Makaronas, Nikolaos ^c   Aslanides, Ioannis M ^a  

^a Emmetropia Mediterranean Eye Clinic   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c Hellenic Center for Mental Health and Research   (Greece)

Author keywords

dyslexia; eye movements; reading; transparent orthography

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CHILD; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSLEXIA; ETHNIC GROUP; EYE FIXATION; EYE MOVEMENT; GREECE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LANGUAGE; PHONETICS; READING; TASK PERFORMANCE; TIME; VISUAL NERVOUS SYSTEM;

ADOLESCENT; ATTENTION; AWARENESS; CHILD; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; DYSLEXIA; EYE MOVEMENTS; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; READING; VOCABULARY;

EID: 78751501291     PISSN: 10769242     EISSN: 10990909     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dys.416     Document Type: Article

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