Severe developmental letter-processing impairment: A treatment case study

Cognitive Neuropsychology

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 795-821

  Brunsdon, Ruth ^a,b   Coltheart, Max ^a   Nickels, Lyndsey ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT WESTMEAD   (Australia)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CASE REPORT; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; MALE; MENTAL INSTABILITY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHONETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; READING; SCHOOL CHILD; SEMANTICS; SPEECH; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISION; WORD RECOGNITION; WRITING;

EID: 33746616937     PISSN: 02643294     EISSN: 14640627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02643290500310863     Document Type: Article

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