Reading Abilities: Importance of Visual-Spatial Attention

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Gabrieli, John D. E.; Norton, Elizabeth
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Abstract
Children with dyslexia may read poorly for several reasons. Recent research suggests that in addition to skills with language sounds, visual-spatial attention may be an important predictor of reading abilities.
Date issued
2012-05
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/91621
Department
Harvard University--MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology; Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences; McGovern Institute for Brain Research at MIT
Journal
Current Biology
Publisher
Elsevier
Citation
Gabrieli, John D.E., and Elizabeth S. Norton. “Reading Abilities: Importance of Visual-Spatial Attention.” Current Biology 22, no. 9 (May 2012): R298–R299. © 2012 Elsevier Ltd.
Version: Final published version
ISSN
09609822
1879-0445
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