The nonword-reading deficit of disabled readers: A developmental interpretation

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 717-734

  Van den Broeck, Wim ^a   Geudens, Astrid ^b,c   van den Bos, Kees P ^d  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^b Lessius University College   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Disabled readers; Nonword reading deficit; Phonological deficit; Reading development; Reading level match

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; COGNITION; CONCEPT FORMATION; DYSLEXIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LANGUAGE TEST; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; READING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; COGNITION; CONCEPT FORMATION; DYSLEXIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LANGUAGE TESTS; MALE; READING;

EID: 77954877004     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0019038     Document Type: Article

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