A processing speed deficit in dyslexic adults? Evidence from a peg-moving task

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 399, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 264-267

  Stoodley, Catherine J ^a   Stein, John F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dyslexia; Peg moving; Processing speed

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DYSLEXIA; FEMALE; HAND MOVEMENT; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PHONETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; READING; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DYSLEXIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR SKILLS DISORDERS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME;

EID: 33646153759     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2006.02.004     Document Type: Article

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