Development of neural systems for reading

Annual Review of Neuroscience

Volumn 30, Issue , 2007, Pages 475-503

  Schlaggar, Bradley L ^a   McCandliss, Bruce D ^b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Diffusion tensor imaging; Dyslexia; Event related potentials; fMRI; Genetics; Perceptual expertise

Indexed keywords

BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DYSLEXIA; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NEUROSCIENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; READING; REVIEW; VISION; WHITE MATTER; WRITING;

AGING; BRAIN; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; READING; SPEECH PERCEPTION; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 34547657278     PISSN: 0147006X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.neuro.28.061604.135645     Document Type: Review

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