Balance and dyslexia: An investigation of adults' abilities

European Journal of Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 909-936

  Needle, Jamie L ^a   Fawcett, Angela J ^a   Nicolson, Roderick I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADULTHOOD; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSLEXIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; READING; SCORING SYSTEM; SCREENING; TASK PERFORMANCE; TIME; WALKING;

EID: 33748759558     PISSN: 09541446     EISSN: 14640635     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09541440500412304     Document Type: Article

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