Semantic priming in deep-phonological dyslexia: Contrasting effects of association and similarity upon abstract and concrete word reading

Cognitive Neuropsychology

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 583-602

  Crutch, Sebastian J ^a   Warrington, Elizabeth K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DONEPEZIL;

ACCURACY; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATIVE MEMORY; CASE REPORT; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DYSLEXIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LANGUAGE PROCESSING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; READING; SEMANTICS; WORD RECOGNITION;

ASSOCIATION; BRAIN; COGNITION DISORDERS; DYSLEXIA; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHONETICS; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SEMANTICS; VOCABULARY; WECHSLER SCALES;

EID: 35148832529     PISSN: 02643294     EISSN: 14640627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02643290701577351     Document Type: Article

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