The cerebellar deficit hypothesis and dyslexic tendencies in a non-clinical sample

Dyslexia

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 174-185

  Brookes, Rebecca L ^a   Stirling, John ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Balance; Cerebellar deficit hypothesis; Continuum; Dyslexia

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CEREBELLUM DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DYSLEXIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHOTOGRAPHY; PRIMARY SCHOOL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; READING; SCHOOL CHILD; TASK PERFORMANCE;

CEREBELLAR DISEASES; CHILD; DYSLEXIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; READING; SERIAL LEARNING; STATISTICS;

EID: 23844438835     PISSN: 10769242     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dys.293     Document Type: Article

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