Visual perceptual difficulties and under-achievement at school in a large community-based sample of children

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Williams, Cathy ^a   Northstone, Kate ^a   Sabates, Ricardo ^b   Feinstein, Leon ^c   Emond, Alan ^a   Dutton, Gordon N ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d GLASGOW CALEDONIAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MATHEMATICS; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; READING; SCORING SYSTEM; STIMULUS RESPONSE; VISUAL DISORDER; VISUAL PERCEPTUAL DIFFICULTY; VISUAL STIMULATION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; VISION;

ADOLESCENT; HUMANS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 79952855498     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0014772     Document Type: Article

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