The impact of reading and writing skills on a visuo-motor integration task: A comparison between illiterate and literate subjects

Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 359-364

  Bramão, Inês ^a   Mendonça, Alexandra ^a   Faísca, Luís ^a   Ingvar, Martin ^b   Peterson, Karl Magnus ^a,b,c   Reis, Alexandra ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALGARVE   (Portugal)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Illiteracy; Non verbal skills; Reading and writing; Schooling; Visual scanning; Visuoperceptual skills

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LINGUISTICS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; READING; SENSORIMOTOR INTEGRATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUOMOTOR COORDINATION; WRITING;

AGED; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; READING; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; WRITING;

EID: 33947647509     PISSN: 13556177     EISSN: 14697661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1355617707070440     Document Type: Article

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