Visuospatial memory in dyslexia: Evidence for strategic deficits

Memory

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 189-209

  Bacon, Alison M ^a   Parmentier, Fabrice B R ^b,c   Barr, Polly ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITAT DE LES ILLES BALEARS   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Corsi; Dyslexia; Executive; Memory; Visuospatial

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; DYSLEXIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE TEST; MALE; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECALL; SHORT TERM MEMORY; VISION;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DYSLEXIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MENTAL RECALL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SPACE PERCEPTION; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84874436270     PISSN: 09658211     EISSN: 14640686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09658211.2012.718789     Document Type: Article

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