The effects of a spelling task on the subsequent performance of dyslexics

Dyslexia

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 22-30

  Everatt, J ^a   Brannan, P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^b BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Dyslexia; Face recognition; Failure; Learning disability; Object recognition; Self esteem; Spatial reasoning; Spelling

Indexed keywords

EID: 28844459128     PISSN: 10769242     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-0909(199602)2:1<22::AID-DYS32>3.0.CO;2-8     Document Type: Article

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