Use of context in the word recognition process by adults with a significant history of reading difficulties

Annals of Dyslexia

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 139-161

  Corkett, Julie K ^a   Parrila, Rauno ^b  

^a NIPISSING UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Context; Interactive; Lexical access; Modular; Post lexical; Reading difficulties; Word recognition

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DYSLEXIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; LINGUISTICS; MALE; RECOGNITION; SEMANTICS;

ADULT; DYSLEXIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SEMANTICS; VOCABULARY;

EID: 62249170093     PISSN: 07369387     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11881-008-0018-1     Document Type: Article

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