The visual magnocellular-dorsal dysfunction in Chinese children with developmental dyslexia impedes Chinese character recognition

Scientific Reports

Volumn 4, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Zhao, Jing ^a,b   Qian, Yi ^a,b   Bi, Hong Yan ^a   Coltheart, Max ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF PSYCHOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD; CHINA; DYSLEXIA; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; READING; VISION; VISUAL SYSTEM;

CHILD; CHINA; DYSLEXIA; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; READING; VISUAL PATHWAYS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84923027137     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep07068     Document Type: Article

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