Speech perception of infants with high familial risk for dyslexia differ at the age of 6 months

Developmental Neuropsychology

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 385-397

  Richardson, Ulla ^a   Leppänen, Paavo H T ^b   Leiwo, Matti ^b   Lyytinen, Heikki ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DYSLEXIA; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFANT; INTELLIGENCE; LEARNING DISORDER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; READING; RISK FACTOR; SPEECH; SPEECH PERCEPTION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 0037762654     PISSN: 87565641     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/S15326942DN2303_5     Document Type: Article

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