A Sociodemographic and Neuropsychological Characterization of an Illiterate Population

Applied Neuropsychology

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 191-204

  Reis, Alexandra ^a,b   Guerreiro, Manuela ^c   Petersson, Karl Magnus ^b,d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALGARVE   (Portugal)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c HOSPITAL DE SANTA MARIA   (Portugal)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR PSYCHOLINGUISTICS   (Netherlands)

^e RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Alphabetic orthographic knowledge; Educational level; Formal schooling; Illiteracy; Literacy; Neuropsychological assessment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; APTITUDE TEST; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CALCULATION; COGNITION; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; ORIENTATION; PORTUGAL; SEMANTICS; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOCIOLOGY; VERBAL MEMORY; WORKING MEMORY;

AGED; COGNITION DISORDERS; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINGUISTICS; MALE; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PORTUGAL; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 0345861792     PISSN: 09084282     EISSN: 15324826     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15324826an1004_1     Document Type: Article

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