Uncoupling of reading and iq over time: Empirical evidence for a definition of dyslexia

Psychological Science

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 93-101

  Ferrer, Emilio ^a   Shaywitz, Bennett A ^b   Holahan, John M ^b   Marchione, Karen ^b   Shaywitz, Sally E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Dynamic modeling; Dyslexia; Longitudinal methodology; Reading development

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; DYSLEXIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; READING;

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; DYSLEXIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; READING;

EID: 77951272415     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956797609354084     Document Type: Article

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