Perceptual organization, phonological awareness, and reading comprehension in adults with and without learning disabilities

Annals of Dyslexia

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 209-237

  Stothers, Margot ^a   Klein, Perry D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adults; Dyslexia; Nonverbal LD; Perceptual organization; Phonological awareness; Reading comprehension

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMPREHENSION; CONCEPT FORMATION; DYSLEXIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE TEST; LEARNING DISORDER; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHONETICS; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; READING; REFERENCE VALUE; SPEECH PERCEPTION; STATISTICS; VISION; WECHSLER INTELLIGENCE SCALE;

ADULT; AWARENESS; COGNITION DISORDERS; COMPREHENSION; CONCEPT FORMATION; DYSLEXIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE TESTS; LEARNING DISORDERS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PERCEPTUAL CLOSURE; PHONETICS; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOMETRICS; READING; REFERENCE VALUES; SPEECH PERCEPTION; VISUAL PERCEPTION; WECHSLER SCALES;

EID: 78349310622     PISSN: 07369387     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11881-010-0042-9     Document Type: Article

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