Categorical speech perception deficits distinguish language and reading impairments in children

Developmental Science

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 753-767

  Robertson, Erin K ^a,b   Joanisse, Marc F ^a   Desroches, Amy S ^a   Ng, Stella ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; DYSLEXIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; LANGUAGE TEST; LINGUISTICS; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHONETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; READING; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AUDITORY PERCEPTUAL DISORDERS; AWARENESS; CHILD; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); DYSLEXIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS; LANGUAGE TESTS; LINGUISTICS; MALE; PHONETICS; PSYCHOLINGUISTICS; READING; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

EID: 68949119828     PISSN: 1363755X     EISSN: 14677687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7687.2009.00806.x     Document Type: Article

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