Types of dyslexia and the shift to dextrality

Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 167-180

  Annett, Marian ^a   Eglinton, Elizabeth ^a   Smythe, Pamela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dyslexia subtypes; Genetics; Handedness; Phonology; Right shift theory

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ASYMMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSLEXIA; FEMALE; GENETICS; HANDEDNESS; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHONETICS; PREDICTION; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; SCHOOL CHILD; TASK PERFORMANCE;

CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DYSLEXIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PHONETICS;

EID: 0030004594     PISSN: 00219630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7610.1996.tb01388.x     Document Type: Article

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