Word reading and reading-related skills in adolescents with Williams syndrome

Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 576-587

  Levy, Yonata ^a   Smith, Jason ^b   Tager Flusberg, Helen ^c  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Intelligence; Phonological processing; Reading; Reading disorder; Williams syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; DYSLEXIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; LINGUISTICS; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MENTAL TASK; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHONETICS; READING; SCORING SYSTEM; SKILL; WILLIAMS BEUREN SYNDROME; WORD RECOGNITION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; COGNITION DISORDERS; DYSLEXIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DISORDERS; LANGUAGE TESTS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PHONETICS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VOCABULARY; WILLIAMS SYNDROME;

EID: 0042133155     PISSN: 00219630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1469-7610.00146     Document Type: Article

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