The neurobiological basis of skilled and impaired reading: Recent findings and new directions

Scientific Studies of Reading

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 273-292

  Sandak, Rebecca ^a,b   Mencl, W Einar ^a   Frost, Stephen J ^a   Pugh, Kenneth R ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HASKINS LABORATORIES   (United States)

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EID: 4043136661     PISSN: 10888438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s1532799xssr0803_6     Document Type: Article

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