Effects of phonological contrast on auditory word discrimination in children with and without reading disability: A magnetoencephalography (MEG) study

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 45, Issue 14, 2007, Pages 3251-3262

  Wehner, Daniel T ^a,b   Ahlfors, Seppo P ^a,b   Mody, Maria ^a,b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b HARVARD MIT DIVISION OF HEALTH SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Developmental dyslexia; MEG; Phonology; Speech perception

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY DISCRIMINATION; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSLEXIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MALE; PHONETICS; READING; SCHOOL CHILD; SPEECH PERCEPTION; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORD RECOGNITION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADOLESCENT; AUDITORY CORTEX; BRAIN MAPPING; CHILD; DYSLEXIA; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MALE; PHONETICS; REACTION TIME; SEMANTICS; SOUND SPECTROGRAPHY; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

EID: 34848835432     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2007.06.018     Document Type: Article

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