Same or different? Insights into the etiology of phonological awareness and rapid naming

Biological Psychology

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 226-239

  Naples, Adam J ^a   Chang, Joseph T ^a   Katz, Leonard ^a,b   Grigorenko, Elena L ^a,c,d  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Etiology; Familiality; Genetic foundation; Heritability; Phonological awareness; Rapid naming; Reading ability and disability; Segregation analysis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DYSLEXIA; FAMILY STUDY; FEMALE; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HEREDITY; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; MALE; PARAMETRIC TEST; PHONETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; READING; SCHOOL CHILD; SIMULATION;

ADOLESCENT; AWARENESS; CHILD; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONCEPT FORMATION; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENETIC MARKERS; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PHONETICS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; REACTION TIME; READING; SEMANTICS;

EID: 59349090104     PISSN: 03010511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2008.10.002     Document Type: Article

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