Is developmental dyslexia modality specific? A visual-auditory comparison of Italian dyslexics

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 49, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1718-1729

  Marinelli, Chiara Valeria ^a,b   Angelelli, Paola ^c   Di Filippo, Gloria ^a,b   Zoccolotti, Pierluigi ^a,b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b IRCCS FONDAZIONE SANTA LUCIA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Auditory modality; Dyslexia; Lexical decision; Reading; Repetition; Visual modality

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUDITORY DISCRIMINATION; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DYSLEXIA; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; ITALIAN; MALE; PHONETICS; READING; SCHOOL CHILD; SPELLING; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; VISUAL STIMULATION; WORKING MEMORY;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; AGING; AGRAPHIA; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; CHILD; CUES; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DECISION MAKING; DYSLEXIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; ITALY; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; READING; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 79956125873     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: 18733514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2011.02.050     Document Type: Article

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