References & Sources  -  September 12, 1998

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Moving clues to dyslexia

New brain imaging data support the notion that a disturbance of visual motion perception contributes to severe reading problems.

 

References:

Demb, J.B., G.M. Boynton, and D.J. Heeger. 1998. Functional magnetic resonance imaging of early visual pathways in dyslexia. Journal of Neuroscience 18(Sept. 1):41.

 

Further Readings:

Bower, B. 1998. Dyslexia tied to disrupted brain network. Science News 153(March 7):150.

 

Sources:

Jonathan B. Demb
University of Pennsylvania Medical School
Department of Neuroscience
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6058

From Science News, Vol. 154, No. 11, September 12, 1998, p. 168.
Copyright © 1998 by Science Service.

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