Development of letter-specific processing: The effect of reading ability

Acta Psychologica

Volumn 122, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 99-108

  Burgund, E Darcy ^a   Schlaggar, Bradley L ^b   Petersen, Steven E ^b  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Development; Reading; Visual perception

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; REACTION TIME; READING; VISION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; REACTION TIME; READING; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 33645845140     PISSN: 00016918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actpsy.2005.11.005     Document Type: Article

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