Do cerebellar deficits underlie phonological problems in dyslexia?

Developmental Science

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 259-262

  Nicolson, Roderick I ^a   Fawcett, Angela J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CEREBELLUM DISEASE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DYSLEXIA; HUMAN; NOTE; READING; REFERENCE VALUE; SPEECH;

CEREBELLAR DISEASES; CHILD; DYSLEXIA; HUMANS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; READING; REFERENCE VALUES; SPEECH;

EID: 33645832213     PISSN: 1363755X     EISSN: 14677687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7687.2006.00486.x     Document Type: Note

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