Lexicality and stimulus length effects in Italian dyslexics: Role of the overadditivity effect

Child Neuropsychology

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 141-149

  Di Filippo, Gloria ^a,b,d   De Luca, Maria ^a   Judica, Anna ^a   Spinelli, Donatella ^b,c   Zoccolotti, Pierluigi ^a,b  

^a IRCCS FONDAZIONE SANTA LUCIA   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROME FORO ITALICO   (Italy)

^d SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Italian; Length; Lexical decision; Lexicality; Reading; Shallow orthography

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSLEXIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; ITALY; MALE; REACTION TIME; READING; SCORING SYSTEM; STIMULUS; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; DYSLEXIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; LANGUAGE; MALE; REACTION TIME; VOCABULARY;

EID: 33744995339     PISSN: 09297049     EISSN: 17444136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09297040500346571     Document Type: Article

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