Impaired phonological and orthographic word representations among adult dyslexic readers: Evidence from event-related potentials

Journal of Genetic Psychology

Volumn 166, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 215-240

  Meyler, Ann ^a   Breznitz, Zvia ^b  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

Adults; Dyslexia; Event related potentials; Speed of processing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COGNITION; DYSLEXIA; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; EVOKED RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; TIME;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COGNITION; DYSLEXIA; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVENT-RELATED POTENTIALS, P300; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 19844380894     PISSN: 00221325     EISSN: 19400896     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3200/GNTP.166.2.215-240     Document Type: Article

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