Maureen Powers, Ph.D.
Senior Scientist Gemstone Foundation

Thursday, August 18, 2005
12:00 Noon, 126 Wilson Hall

Vision and Reading
Reading is a complex visual and cognitive task.  This talk will describe recent work that points to an important role of early visual procession in reading:  after optics but before signals leave V1.  Of significance for education is the finding that reading fluency correlates with visual skills such as accommodation, tracking, and binocular coordination.

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