Deficient orthographic and phonological representations in children with dyslexia revealed by brain activation patterns

Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines

Volumn 47, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1041-1050

  Cao, Fan ^a   Bitan, Tali ^a   Chou, Tai Li ^a   Burman, Douglas D ^a   Booth, James R ^a,b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EVANSTON NORTHWESTERN HEALTHCARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain imaging; Dyslexia; Learning difficulties; Magnetic resonance imaging; Phonological processing; Reading disorder

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSLEXIA; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; MALE; PARIETAL LOBE; PHONETICS; SCHOOL CHILD; SPELLING; TEMPORAL CORTEX;

EID: 33750422608     PISSN: 00219630     EISSN: 14697610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7610.2006.01684.x     Document Type: Article

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