Good phonetic errors in poor spellers are associated with right-handedness and possible weak utilisation of visuospatial abilities

Cortex

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 737-745

  Eglinton, Elizabeth ^a   Annett, Marian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dyslexia; Handedness; Homophones; Right shift theory; Surface dysgraphia; Visuospatial abilities

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEPTH PERCEPTION; DYSLEXIA; FEMALE; HAND FUNCTION; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL CAPACITY; PHONETICS; PREDICTION; RIGHT HANDEDNESS; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; SCORING SYSTEM; SPELLING; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORD RECOGNITION;

EID: 44249093222     PISSN: 00109452     EISSN: 00109452     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cortex.2007.01.001     Document Type: Article

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