Dyslexia, learning, and pedagogical neuroscience

Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 306-311

  Fawcett, Angela J ^a   Nicolson, Roderick I ^b  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMORBIDITY; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DYSLEXIA; HUMAN; LEARNING DISORDER; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PEDAGOGICS; PHONETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPEECH DEVELOPMENT; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THEORETICAL STUDY; TREATMENT PLANNING;

CEREBELLUM; CHILD; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; DYSLEXIA; EDUCATION, SPECIAL; HUMANS; LEARNING DISORDERS; NERVE NET; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; NEUROSCIENCES; PARIETAL LOBE; PHONETICS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; SPECIALISM; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 33947599698     PISSN: 00121622     EISSN: 14698749     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8749.2007.00306.x     Document Type: Review

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