Reading abilities: Importance of visual-spatial attention

John D E Gabrieli; Elizabeth S. Norton

doi:10.1016/j.cub.2012.03.041

Reading abilities: Importance of visual-spatial attention

John D E Gabrieli, Elizabeth S. Norton

Communication Sciences and Disorders

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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.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	R298-R299
Journal	Current Biology
Volume	22
Issue number	9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2012.03.041
State	Published - May 8 2012

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Agricultural and Biological Sciences(all)
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology(all)

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