Attention factors mediating syntactic deficiency in reading-disabled children

Journal of Experimental Child Psychology

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 386-415

  Deutsch, Avital ^a   Bentin, Shlomo ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; DYSLEXIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; LINGUISTICS; MALE; PERCEPTION; PHONETICS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECALL; SEMANTICS; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

ADOLESCENT; ATTENTION; DYSLEXIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; PHONETICS; PSYCHOLINGUISTICS; SEMANTICS; SPEECH PERCEPTION; VERBAL LEARNING;

EID: 0030277653     PISSN: 00220965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jecp.1996.0055     Document Type: Article

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