Cognitive consequences of early phase of literacy

Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 771-782

  Dellatolas, Georges ^a   Braga, Lucia Willadino ^b   Do Nascimento Souza, Ligia ^b   Filho, Gilberto Nunes ^b   Queiroz, Elizabeth ^b   Deloche, Gérard ^a,c  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b SARAH NETWORK OF REHABILITATION HOSPITALS   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE REIMS CHAMPAGNE ARDENNE   (France)

Author keywords

Literacy; Phonological awareness; Phonological memory; Visual memory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AWARENESS; BRAZIL; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LANGUAGE ABILITY; MALE; MENTAL TASK; NORMAL HUMAN; PHONETICS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; READING; RECALL; REVIEW; SCHOOL CHILD; SEMANTICS; VERBAL MEMORY; VISUAL MEMORY;

ADULT; AGED; CHILD; COGNITION; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; MEMORY; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; READING; SPACE PERCEPTION; SPEECH PERCEPTION; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; VERBAL LEARNING; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0038381948     PISSN: 13556177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1355617703950107     Document Type: Review

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