Language Learning Disabilities: Integrating Research Approaches

Current Directions in Psychological Science

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 206-211

  Tallal, Paula ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dyslexia; Hemispheric lateralization; Language; Reading; Speech; Temporal processing

Indexed keywords

EID: 0346896773     PISSN: 09637214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.0963-7214.2003.01263.x     Document Type: Article

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