Magnocellular reading and dyslexia

Vision Research

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 133-134

  Skottun, Bernt C ^a  

^a Skottun Research   (United States)

Author keywords

Dyslexia; Magnocellular; Reading

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN DISEASE; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; DYSLEXIA; GIANT CELL; HUMAN; MAGNOCELLULAR NUCLEUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; READING; VISUAL SYSTEM;

EID: 9644281604     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.visres.2003.09.039     Document Type: Letter

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