Letter processing and the formation of memory representations in children with naming speed deficits

Reading and Writing

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 201-223

  Conrad, Nicole J ^a,b   Levy, Betty Ann ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b SAINT MARY S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Development of orthographic knowledge; Naming speed deficits; Orthographic representations; Rapid automatized naming

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845946803     PISSN: 09224777     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11145-006-9028-8     Document Type: Article

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