Reading, dyslexia and the brain

Educational Research

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 135-148

  Goswami, Usha ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brain imaging; Dyslexia; Phonology; Reading

Indexed keywords

EID: 45849106142     PISSN: 00131881     EISSN: 14695847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00131880802082625     Document Type: Review

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