Dyslexia in regular orthographies: Manifestation and causation

Dyslexia

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 283-299

  Wimmer, Heinz ^a   Schurz, Matthias ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

Author keywords

Dyslexia; Naming; Orthography; Phonological awareness; Reading fluency

Indexed keywords

ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CHILD; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DYSLEXIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; PHONETICS; READING; REVIEW; SKILL RETENTION; SPELLING; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; WRITING;

ATTENTION; DYSLEXIA; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; PHONETICS; READING;

EID: 78349254650     PISSN: 10769242     EISSN: 10990909     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dys.411     Document Type: Review

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