The effect of word length on lexical decision in dyslexic and normal reading children

Brain and Language

Volumn 98, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 140-149

  Martens, Vanessa E G ^a   de Jong, Peter F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Dyslexia; Lexical decision; Reading; Word length

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHRONOLOGY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DYSLEXIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; READING; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORD RECOGNITION; WORKING MEMORY;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; DECISION MAKING; DYSLEXIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NETHERLANDS; PHONETICS; READING; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); TIME FACTORS; VOCABULARY;

EID: 33745935552     PISSN: 0093934X     EISSN: 10902155     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bandl.2006.04.003     Document Type: Article

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