The role of education levels and gender on reading and phonemic (initial letter) fluency in healthy adults;Saǧlikli yetişkinlerde okuma ve fonemik-harf akiciliǧi üzerinde eǧitim düzeyi ve cinsiyetin rolü

Turk Psikoloji Dergisi

Volumn 21, Issue 57, 2006, Pages 109-123

  Güven, Ayşe Gül ^a   Cangökçe, Özlem ^a  

^a ONDOKUZ MAYIS UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Fluency; Initial letter fluency; Phonemic fluency; Reading fluency

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745588341     PISSN: 13004433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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