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VISUAL PERCEPTION AND READING DISABILITIES
Author(s) -
ENGLISH KEVIN P.
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
australian journal of opthalmology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.3
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1442-9071
pISSN - 0310-1177
DOI - 10.1111/j.1442-9071.1981.tb01009.x
Subject(s) - perception , reading (process) , visual cortex , visual perception , psychology , cognitive psychology , dyslexia , function (biology) , audiology , neuroscience , medicine , linguistics , biology , philosophy , evolutionary biology
In simple animals eg Toads visual function occurs at a lower level. In man where a cortex develops visual perception occurs. Perception is discussed. Learning defects and reading disabilities can occur where perception is impaired. Good reading requires an adequate perceptual system.