Response: Weighing the evidence between competing theories of dyslexia

Developmental Science

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 265-269

  Ramus, Franck ^a,b   White, Sarah ^b   Frith, Uta ^b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 33645838638     PISSN: 1363755X     EISSN: 14677687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7687.2006.00488.x     Document Type: Review

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