Language processing modulated by literacy: A network analysis of verbal repetition in literate and illiterate subjects

Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 364-382

  Petersson, Karl Magnus ^a   Reis, Alexandra ^b   Askelöf, Simon ^b   Castro Caldas, Alexandre ^b   Ingvar, Martin ^b  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COVARIANCE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LEARNING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; READING; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 0034086764     PISSN: 0898929X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/089892900562147     Document Type: Article

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