Parallel processing blocked by letter similarity in letter-by-letter dyslexia: A replication

Cognitive Neuropsychology

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 589-602

  Arguin, Martin ^a   Bub, Daniel ^b  

^a CENTRE DE RECHERCHE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CONFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DYSLEXIA; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; MENTAL FUNCTION; PERCEPTION DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; READING; SPEECH DISCRIMINATION; SPEECH PERCEPTION; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORD RECOGNITION;

EID: 22544466977     PISSN: 02643294     EISSN: 14640627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02643290442000202     Document Type: Article

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