Two forms of implicit learning in young adults with dyslexia

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1145, Issue , 2008, Pages 184-198

  Bennett, Ilana J ^a   Romano, Jennifer C ^b   Howard Jr , James H ^b,c   Howard, Darlene V ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA   (United States)

^c GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Dyslexia; Implicit learning; Reading ability; Sequence learning; Spatial context learning

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSLEXIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; READING; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 57449084562     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1416.006     Document Type: Conference Paper

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