Dyslexia and Music: From Timing Deficits to Musical Intervention

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 999, Issue , 2003, Pages 497-505

  Overy, Katie ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Developmental dyslexia; Language; Music; Rhythm; Temporal processing; Timing

Indexed keywords

AUDITORY STIMULATION; BRAIN FUNCTION; CONFERENCE PAPER; DYSLEXIA; EDUCATION; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LEARNING; MENTAL DEVELOPMENT; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MUSIC; PITCH; READING; SCHOOL; SEMANTICS; SKILL;

EID: 0347569208     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1284.060     Document Type: Conference Paper

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