Reduced attentional capacity, but normal processing speed and shifting of attention in developmental dyslexia: Evidence from a serial task

Cortex

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 715-733

  Romani, Cristina ^a   Tsouknida, Effie ^a,b,c   di Betta, Anna M ^b   Olson, Andrew ^c  

^a ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DERBY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Developmental dyslexia; Lexical learning; Parallel processing; Serial processing; Spelling; Spotlights; Visual arrays; Visual attentional window

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSLEXIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MALE; PHONETICS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; READING; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL MEMORY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION; DYSLEXIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; REACTION TIME; READING; SERIAL LEARNING; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 79954634132     PISSN: 00109452     EISSN: 00109452     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cortex.2010.05.008     Document Type: Article

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