Thesis
Vergence eye movements and dyslexia
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Many theories have been proposed to explain why some otherwise intelligent children have unexpected problems with learning to read. In this thesis, evidence is presented -in support of the hypothesis that one cause of such children's difficulties is failure to develop accurate vergence eye movement control. This leads to impaired ability to localise small targets reliably, thus explaining the 'visual' nature of some of these children's reading problems.
In 432 dyslexic and normal ch...
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- Publication date:
- 1987
- Type of award:
- DPhil
- Level of award:
- Doctoral
- Awarding institution:
- University of Oxford
- Language:
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English
- Subjects:
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- Source identifiers:
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603840749
- Deposit date:
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2013-01-18
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- Copyright holder:
- Riddell, Patricia M.
- Copyright date:
- 1987
- Notes:
- The digital copy of this thesis has been made available thanks to the generosity of Dr Leonard Polonsky
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