Visual Contributions to Reading Difficulties: The Magnocellular Theory

Visual Aspects of Dyslexia

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages

  Stein, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diet; M ; Magnocellular; Reading; Visual

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EID: 84921259707     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199589814.003.0011     Document Type: Chapter

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