Artistic talent in dyslexia-A hypothesis

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 569-571

  Chakravarty, Ambar ^a  

^a VIVEKANANDA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; AUTISM; BRAIN ASYMMETRY; CREATIVITY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DYSLEXIA; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; LEARNING DISORDER; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PARIETAL LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

APTITUDE; ART; BRAIN; CREATIVENESS; DYSLEXIA; HUMANS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL;

EID: 69249208448     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2009.05.034     Document Type: Article

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