Brain activation on pre-reading tasks reveals at-risk status for dyslexia in 6-year-old children: Health and Disability

Scandinavian Journal of Psychology

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 79-91

  Specht, Karsten ^a,b   Hugdahl, Kenneth ^a,b   Ofte, Sonja ^c   NygÅrd, Merethe ^a   BjØrnerud, Atle ^d   Plante, Elena ^e   Helland, Turid ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c Statped West   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

At risk; Brain; Dyslexia; FMRI; Language disorders; Reading acquisition

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN MAPPING; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; DYSLEXIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NORWAY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

BRAIN MAPPING; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; DYSLEXIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MATCHED-PAIR ANALYSIS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; NORWAY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 58449111507     PISSN: 00365564     EISSN: 14679450     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9450.2008.00688.x     Document Type: Article

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