Cortical reorganization in dyslexic children after phonological training: Evidence from early evoked potentials

Brain

Volumn 133, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 3385-3395

  Spironelli, Chiara ^a   Penolazzi, Barbara ^a,b   Vio, Claudio ^c   Angrilli, Alessandro ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^c Children's Neuropsychiatric Medical Facility of San Donà di Piave   (Italy)

^d CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

brain reorganization; development; evoked potentials; lateralization; N150

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DYSLEXIA; EVOKED RESPONSE; FEMALE; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; ITALY; LANGUAGE ABILITY; MALE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; PHONETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; READING; SCHOOL CHILD; SEMANTIC MEMORY; SPEECH THERAPY; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEMPORAL CORTEX; WORD RECOGNITION;

CEREBRAL CORTEX; CHILD; DYSLEXIA; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; TEACHING;

EID: 78049460235     PISSN: 00068950     EISSN: 14602156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brain/awq199     Document Type: Article

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