Development of visual expertise for reading: Rapid emergence of visual familiarity for an artificial script

Developmental Neuropsychology

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 404-422

  Maurer, Urs ^a   Blau, Vera C ^b   Yoncheva, Yuliya N ^c   McCandliss, Bruce D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BRAIN MAPPING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED RESPONSE; FEMALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; LEARNING; LINGUISTICS; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; READING; RECOGNITION; PROCEDURES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRAIN MAPPING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; READING; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); VOCABULARY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954441389     PISSN: 87565641     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/87565641.2010.480916     Document Type: Article

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