Effects of accelerated reading rate on processing words' syntactic functions by normal and dyslexic readers: Event related potentials evidence

Journal of Genetic Psychology

Volumn 162, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 276-296

  Breznitz, Zvia ^a   Leikin, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

Adults; Brain activity; Dyslexia; Erp; Hebrew; Reading rate; Syntactic processing

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN; DYSLEXIA; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED RESPONSE; HUMAN; LINGUISTICS; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN; DYSLEXIA; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; HUMAN; LINGUISTICS; MALE; REACTION TIME; TIME FACTORS; VOCABULARY;

EID: 0035465393     PISSN: 00221325     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00221320109597484     Document Type: Article

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