How to make the word-length effect disappear in letter-by-letter dyslexia: Implications for an account of the disorder

Psychological Science

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 535-541

  Fiset, Daniel ^a,b   Arguin, Martin ^a,b,e   Bub, Daniel ^c   Humphreys, Glyn W ^d   Riddoch, M Jane ^d  

^a CENTRE DE RECHERCHE EN NEUROPSYCHOLOGIE ET COGNITION   (Canada)

^b CENTRE DE RECHERCHE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALEXIA; CASE REPORT; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RECOGNITION; REVIEW;

DYSLEXIA, ACQUIRED; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 23944512762     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0956-7976.2005.01571.x     Document Type: Review

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