A case of exceptional reading accuracy in a child with down syndrome: Underlying skills and the relation to reading comprehension

Cognitive Neuropsychology

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1190-1214

  Groen, Margriet A ^a   Laws, Glynis ^a   Nation, Kate ^a   Bishop, Dorothy V M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

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ACCURACY; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COGNITION; COMPREHENSION; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE ABILITY; PHONETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; READING; SCHOOL CHILD; SEMANTICS; SHORT TERM MEMORY; SKILL; SPEECH ARTICULATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; VERBAL MEMORY; VISUAL MEMORY; WORD RECOGNITION;

EID: 33750173460     PISSN: 02643294     EISSN: 14640627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02643290600787721     Document Type: Article

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