Language-universal sensory deficits in developmental dyslexia: English, Spanish, and Chinese

Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 325-337

  Goswami, Usha ^a   Wang, H L Sharon ^a   Cruz, Alicia ^a   Fosker, Tim ^a,b   Mead, Natasha ^a   Huss, Martina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC IMPEDANCE; ADOLESCENT; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; AWARENESS; CHILD; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DYSLEXIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANCY; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; LEARNING; LINGUISTICS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSIC; PHONETICS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; READING; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SPEECH DISORDER; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AUDITORY PERCEPTUAL DISORDERS; CHILD; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DYSLEXIA; ENGLAND; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MALE; NAMES; PHONETICS; PSYCHOACOUSTICS; REACTION TIME; READING; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPAIN; SPEECH PERCEPTION; TAIWAN;

EID: 78650119162     PISSN: 0898929X     EISSN: 15308898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/jocn.2010.21453     Document Type: Article

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