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Direct linkLaycock, Robin; Crewther, David P.; Crewther, Sheila G. – Neuropsychologia, 2012
Controversy still exists over whether there is a magnocellular deficit associated with developmental dyslexia. Here we utilised a magnocellular system-biased phantom contour form discrimination task defined by high temporal frequency contrast reversals to compare contrast sensitivity in a group of children with dyslexia and an age- and nonverbal…
Descriptors: Evidence, Control Groups, Reading Difficulties, Stimuli
Luciana, Monica; Conklin, Heather M.; Hooper, Catalina J.; Yarger, Rebecca S. – Child Development, 2005
The prefrontal cortex modulates executive control processes and structurally matures throughout adolescence. Consistent with these events, prefrontal functions that demand high levels of executive control may mature later than those that require working memory but decreased control. To test this hypothesis, adolescents (9 to 20 years old)…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Spatial Ability, Recognition (Psychology), Memory
