A quantitative magnetic resonance imaging analysis of the cerebellar deficit hypothesis of dyslexia

Journal of Child Neurology

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 368-380

  Kibby, Michelle K ^a   Fancher, Jill B ^b   Markanen, Rochelle ^b   Hynd, George G ^c  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

ADHD; Cerebellum; Dyslexia; Phonological awareness; Phonological processing; Phonological short term memory; Rapid naming

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; AWARENESS; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN SIZE; CEREBELLUM DISEASE; CEREBELLUM VERMIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DYSLEXIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMPULSIVENESS; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHONETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; SCHOOL CHILD; SHORT TERM MEMORY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VERBAL MEMORY;

ARTICULATION DISORDERS; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; AWARENESS; CEREBELLAR CORTEX; CEREBELLUM; CHILD; DYSLEXIA; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS;

EID: 41549085638     PISSN: 08830738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0883073807309235     Document Type: Article

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