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Specific Reading Disability: Differences in Contrast Sensitivity as a Function of Spatial Frequency

Overview of attention for article published in Science, October 1980
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Specific Reading Disability: Differences in Contrast Sensitivity as a Function of Spatial Frequency
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Science, October 1980
DOI 10.1126/science.7433985
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Abstract

Contrast thresholds for sine-wave gratings of spatial frequencies of 2, 4, 12, and 16 cycles per degree were determined for normal and disabled readers at a range of stimulus durations. Normal readers demonstrated monotonically decreasing sensitivity with increasing spatial frequency at exposure durations between 40 and 100 milliseconds. At exposure durations of 150 to 1000 milliseconds, they showed peak sensitivity at 4 cycles per degree. In comparison, disabled readers showed monotonically decreasing sensitivity with increasing spatial frequency at all stimulus durations. The difference in sensitivity pattern across spatial frequencies was greatest at stimulus durations approximately equal to fixation durations during reading.

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Geographical breakdown
Country Count As %
United States 1 <1%
Israel 1 <1%
United Kingdom 1 <1%
Unknown 135 98%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status
Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 28 20%
Researcher 19 14%
Student > Bachelor 14 10%
Student > Master 14 10%
Student > Doctoral Student 8 6%
Other 33 24%
Unknown 22 16%
Readers by discipline
Readers by discipline Count As %
Psychology 59 43%
Neuroscience 15 11%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 10 7%
Medicine and Dentistry 10 7%
Linguistics 3 2%
Other 14 10%
Unknown 27 20%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 3. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 17 March 2015.
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#7,558,494
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Outputs from Science
#48,245
of 78,179 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#1,809
of 7,149 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Science
#60
of 107 outputs
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