Reading acquisition enhances an early visual process of contour integration

Developmental Science

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 139-149

  Szwed, Marcin ^a,b,c,d,e   Ventura, Paulo ^f   Querido, Luis ^f   Cohen, Laurent ^g,h   Dehaene, Stanislas ^a,b,c,d,i  

^a IFR 49 ^*  (France)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c DIF   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^e JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^f UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^g INSERM   (France)

^h ASSISTANCE PUBLIQUE HÔPITAUX DE PARIS   (France)

ⁱ l'alimentation et l'Environnement   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CULTURAL FACTOR; DYSLEXIA; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORIENTATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOMETRY; READING; SOCIAL CLASS; VISION;

ADULT; ATTENTION; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; DYSLEXIA; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FORM PERCEPTION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORIENTATION; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOMETRICS; READING; SOCIAL CLASS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84855966122     PISSN: 1363755X     EISSN: 14677687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7687.2011.01102.x     Document Type: Article

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