Electrocortical measures during a lexical decision task: A comparison between elementary school-aged normal and dyslexic readers and adult normal and dyslexic readers

Journal of Genetic Psychology

Volumn 165, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 399-424

  Miller Shaul, Shelley ^a   Breznitz, Zvia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

Dyslexia; Erp; Lexical decision

Indexed keywords

EID: 11044231183     PISSN: 00221325     EISSN: 19400896     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3200/GNTP.165.4.399-424     Document Type: Article

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