Characteristics of illiterate and literate cognitive processing: Implications of brain–behavior co-constructivism

Lifespan Development and the Brain: The Perspective of Biocultural Co-Constructivism

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 279-305

  Petersson, Karl Magnus ^a   Reis, Alexandra ^b  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALGARVE   (Portugal)

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EID: 33846472064     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511499722.015     Document Type: Chapter

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