Reading Abilities: Importance of Visual-Spatial Attention

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.

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Main Authors: Gabrieli, John D. E., Norton, Elizabeth
Other Authors: Harvard University--MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology
Format: Article
Language:en_US
Published: Elsevier 2014
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/91621
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spelling mit-1721.1/916212022-09-29T18:56:43Z Reading Abilities: Importance of Visual-Spatial Attention Gabrieli, John D. E. Norton, Elizabeth 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 Gabrieli, John D. E. Norton, Elizabeth 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. 2014-11-20T13:04:34Z 2014-11-20T13:04:34Z 2012-05 Article http://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticle 09609822 1879-0445 http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/91621 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. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1158-5692 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4023-8051 en_US http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2012.03.041 Current Biology Article is made available in accordance with the publisher's policy and may be subject to US copyright law. Please refer to the publisher's site for terms of use. application/pdf Elsevier Elsevier
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Reading Abilities: Importance of Visual-Spatial Attention
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