Developmental dyslexia: The role of the cerebellum

Dyslexia

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 155-177

  Nicolson, Roderick I ^a   Fawcett, Angela J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Automatisation; Cerebellum; Dyslexia; Reading disability

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000869384     PISSN: 10769242     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-0909(199909)5:3<155::AID-DYS143>3.0.CO;2-4     Document Type: Article

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