Learning novel phonological representations in developmental dyslexia: Associations with basic auditory processing of rise time and phonological awareness

Reading and Writing

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 453-473

  Thomson, Jennifer M ^a   Goswami, Usha ^b  

^a HARVARD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amplitude envelope; Developmental dyslexia; Neighborhood density; Phonological representation; Rise time

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650747542     PISSN: 09224777     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11145-009-9167-9     Document Type: Article

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