The role of visual spatial attention in adult developmental dyslexia

Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 245-260

  Collis, Nathan L ^a   Kohnen, Saskia ^a   Kinoshita, Sachiko ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Crowding; Developmental dyslexia; Letter transpositions; String processing deficit; Visual spatial attention

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; DEPTH PERCEPTION; DYSLEXIA; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; READING; STATISTICS; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; DYSLEXIA; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; READING; SPACE PERCEPTION; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84873157244     PISSN: 17470218     EISSN: 17470226     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17470218.2012.705305     Document Type: Article

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