The Neural Basis of Hyperlexic Reading: An fMRI Case Study

Neuron

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 11-25

  Turkeltaub, Peter E ^a   Flowers, D Lynn ^a,b   Verbalis, Alyssa ^a   Miranda, Martha ^a   Gareau, Lynn ^a   Eden, Guinevere F ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; CASE REPORT; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DYSLEXIA; FRONTAL CORTEX; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; HYPERLEXIA; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHONETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; READING; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; SCHOOL CHILD; TEMPORAL CORTEX; VISUAL SYSTEM;

EID: 0346687602     PISSN: 08966273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0896-6273(03)00803-1     Document Type: Article

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