Normal and impaired spelling in a connectionist dual-route architecture

Cognitive Neuropsychology

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 115-162

  Houghton, George ^a   Zorzi, Marco ^b  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA ANALYSIS; DYSGRAPHIA; HUMAN; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; PHONEME; PHONETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; READING; REVIEW; SIMULATION; SOUND INTENSITY; VOWEL;

EID: 0037366683     PISSN: 02643294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02643290242000871     Document Type: Review

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