The Underlying Factors of Word Reading Rate

Educational Psychology Review

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 247-265

  Breznitz, Zvia ^a   Berman, Lauren ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

Acceleration phenomenon; Dyslexia; Event related potentials; Reading rate

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037492089     PISSN: 1040726X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1024696101081     Document Type: Review

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