Developmental dyslexia is characterized by the co-existence of visuospatial and phonological disorders in Chinese children

Current Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 19, 2009, Pages

  Siok, Wai Ting ^a,b   Spinks, John A ^a,b   Jin, Zhen ^c   Tan, Li Hai ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c 306 HOSPITAL OF PLA   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASIAN; CHILD; DEPTH PERCEPTION; DYSLEXIA; HUMAN; LETTER; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARIETAL LOBE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; VISION;

ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHILD; DYSLEXIA; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARIETAL LOBE; SPACE PERCEPTION; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 70349768057     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2009.08.014     Document Type: Letter

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