Deconstructing rapid automatized naming: Component processes and the prediction of reading difficulties

Learning and Individual Differences

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 129-146

  Savage, Robert ^a   Pillay, Vanitha ^a   Melidona, Santo ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Decoding; Dyslexia; Rapid automatized naming; Reading; Response inhibition

Indexed keywords

EID: 34447129747     PISSN: 10416080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lindif.2007.04.001     Document Type: Article

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