Annotation: Hyperlexia: Disability or superability?

Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines

Volumn 44, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1079-1091

  Grigorenko, Elena L ^a,b,c   Klin, Ami ^a   Volkmar, Fred ^a,b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Autistic disorder; Comprehension; Dyslexia; Pervasive developmental disorder; Reading; Specific language impairment

Indexed keywords

AUTISM; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; COMORBIDITY; COMPREHENSION; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DYSLEXIA; GIFTED CHILD; HUMAN; HYPERLEXIA; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; INTELLIGENCE; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; LINGUISTICS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; READING; REVIEW; SYMPTOM; WORD RECOGNITION;

ADOLESCENT; APTITUDE; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; COGNITION; COMPREHENSION; DYSLEXIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; READING;

EID: 0344513313     PISSN: 00219630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1469-7610.00193     Document Type: Review

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