Magnocellular facilitation of flanked-letter identification disappears with strong flanker interference

Journal of Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 604-618

  Omtzigt, David ^a   Hendriks, Angélique W ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Crowding; Developmental dyslexia; Letter identification; Magnocellular system; Surround suppression; Visual attention

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COLOR DISCRIMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLANKING LETTER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAGNOCELLULAR NUCLEUS; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; NORMAL HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPONSE TIME; SPELLING; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL STIMULATION; WORD RECOGNITION; ATTENTION; DYSLEXIA; EXPERIMENT; FACILITATION; MAGNOCELLULAR SYSTEM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NERVOUS SYSTEM; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; READING; VISION;

EID: 80051773207     PISSN: 20445911     EISSN: 2044592X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/20445911.2011.575775     Document Type: Article

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