Different letter-processing strategies in diagnostic subgroups of developmental dyslexia also occur in a transparent orthography: Reply to a commentary by Spinelli et al.

Cognitive Neuropsychology

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 759-768

  Lachmann, Thomas ^a,b   Steinbrink, Claudia ^a   Schumacher, Bettina ^a   van Leeuwen, Cees ^b  

^a Rheinland Pfälzische Technische Universität Kaiserslautern Landau   (Germany)

^b RIKEN BRAIN SCIENCE INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Developmental dyslexia; Flanker; Letter recognition; Reading development; Subgroups; Transparent orthography

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION; DYSLEXIA; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; NOTE; READING;

DYSLEXIA; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; READING;

EID: 77954825819     PISSN: 02643294     EISSN: 14640627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02643291003737065     Document Type: Article

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