Neural mechanisms in dyslexia

Current Directions in Psychological Science

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 278-281

  Shaywitz, Sally E ^a   Mody, Maria ^b   Shaywitz, Bennett A ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Accommodations; Dyslexia; fMRI; Neural systems; Reading; Translational science

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845651398     PISSN: 09637214     EISSN: 14678721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8721.2006.00452.x     Document Type: Article

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