Visual spatial skill: A consequence of learning to read?

Journal of Experimental Child Psychology

Volumn 109, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 256-262

  McBride Chang, Catherine ^a   Zhou, Yanling ^a   Cho, Jeung Ryeul ^b   Aram, Dorit ^c   Levin, Iris ^c   Tolchinsky, Liliana ^d  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b Kyungnam University   (South Korea)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Chinese; Cross cultural; Hebrew; Orthography; Spanish; Visual skill; Word reading

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952316293     PISSN: 00220965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jecp.2010.12.003     Document Type: Article

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