Multiple Causal Links between Magnocellular-Dorsal Pathway Deficit and Developmental Dyslexia

Cerebral Cortex

Volumn 26, Issue 11, 2016, Pages 4356-4369

  Gori, Simone ^a,b   Seitz, Aaron R ^c   Ronconi, Luca ^b,d   Franceschini, Sandro ^b,d   Facoetti, Andrea ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGAMO   (Italy)

^b SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

action video games; motion perception; perceptual learning; reading disorders; visual pathways

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BRAIN FUNCTION; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL DYSLEXIA; DYSLEXIA; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MAGNOCELLULAR DORSAL PATHWAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; READING; VIDEO GAME;

EID: 84994627918     PISSN: 10473211     EISSN: 14602199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhv206     Document Type: Article

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