Phonological processing and arithmetic fact retrieval: Evidence from developmental dyslexia

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 48, Issue 14, 2010, Pages 3973-3981

  De Smedt, Bert ^a   Boets, Bart ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Angular gyrus; Arithmetic; Dyslexia; Fact retrieval; Phonological processing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARITHMETIC; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSLEXIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; MALE; MEMORY; MENTAL TASK; PHONETICS; SHORT TERM MEMORY; TASK PERFORMANCE; VERBAL MEMORY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICULATION DISORDERS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; DYSLEXIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; MATHEMATICS; MEMORY DISORDERS; MENTAL RECALL; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REACTION TIME; READING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78649442628     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2010.10.018     Document Type: Article

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