Auditory and motor rhythm awareness in adults with dyslexia

Journal of Research in Reading

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 334-348

  Thomson, Jennifer M ^a   Fryer, Ben ^a   Maltby, James ^a   Goswami, Usha ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Auditory processing; Developmental dyslexia; Motor skills; Rhythm

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745988944     PISSN: 01410423     EISSN: 14679817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9817.2006.00312.x     Document Type: Article

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