Cognitive processing in literate and illiterate subjects: A review of some recent behavioral and functional neuroimaging data

Scandinavian Journal of Psychology

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 251-267

  Petersson, Karl Magnus ^a,c   Reis, Alexandra ^a,b   Ingvar, Martin ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALGARVE   (Portugal)

^c KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Illiteracy; Memory; PET; Phonological processing; Structural equation modeling; Visual naming

Indexed keywords

AGED; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BRAIN; COGNITION; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; CULTURAL FACTOR; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE CELL NETWORK; PHONETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; PORTUGAL; REVIEW; SCINTISCANNING;

AGED; BRAIN; COGNITION; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HUMANS; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NERVE NET; PHONETICS; PORTUGAL; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED;

EID: 0035404732     PISSN: 00365564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9450.00235     Document Type: Article

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