Dyslexia, a deficit or a difference: Comparing the creativity and memory skills of dyslexic and nondyslexic students in Iran

Social Behavior and Personality

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1009-1016

  Tafti, Mahnaz Akhavan ^a   Hameedy, Mansoor Ali ^a   Baghal, Nahid Mohammadi ^a  

^a ALZAHRA UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Creativity; Dyslexia; Verbal memory; Visual spatial memory

Indexed keywords

EID: 72449127119     PISSN: 03012212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2224/sbp.2009.37.8.1009     Document Type: Article

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