Reading into neuronal oscillations in the visual system: Implications for developmental dyslexia

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue NOV, 2013, Pages

  Vidyasagar, Trichur R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Developmental dyslexia; Neuronal oscillations; Posterior parietal cortex; Primary visual cortex; Reading; Top down attention

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; DEPTH PERCEPTION; DYSLEXIA; GAMMA RHYTHM; HUMAN; MAGNOCELLULAR NUCLEUS; NEURONAL OSCILLATION; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATION; PARIETAL CORTEX; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PREDICTION; READING; SIGNAL DETECTION; TOP DOWN SIGNAL; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL SYSTEM;

EID: 84888410301     PISSN: 16625161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2013.00811     Document Type: Article

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