Latencies of stimulus-driven eye movements are shorter in dyslexic subjects.
Eye movements latencies toward peripherally presented stimuli were measured in 10-year-old dyslexic and control children. Dyslexic subjects, previously found to be oversensitive to stimulation of the magnocellular channel, showed reduced latencies as compared to normally reading controls. An attention shifting task was also used which showed no group differences in latencies of eye movements. The data are discussed in terms of the hypothesis of magnocellular system alteration and attention dysfunction in dyslexia. Additionally, sex differences in eye movement latencies were found and are discussed.
Bednarek
Dorota B
DB
Laboratory of Psychophysiology, Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology, ul. Pasteura 3, 02-093 Warsaw, Poland. balbina@nencki.gov.pl
Tarnowski
Adam
A
Grabowska
Anna
A
D001288:Attention / Q000502:physiology*; D002648:Child; D004410:Dyslexia / Q000503:physiopathology*; D005133:Eye Movements / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015999:Multivariate Analysis; D011582:Psychological Theory; D011930:Reaction Time / Q000502:physiology*; D012737:Sex Factors; D014795:Visual Pathways / Q000502:physiology*