Orthographic processing efficiency in developmental dyslexia: An investigation of age and treatment factors at the sublexical level

Annals of Dyslexia

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 111-135

  O'Brien, Beth A ^a   Wolf, Maryanne ^b   Miller, Lynne T ^b   Lovett, Maureen W ^c   Morris, Robin ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^d GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Developmental dyslexia; Fluency; Intervention; Orthographic processing

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; DYSLEXIA; HUMAN; LANGUAGE TEST; LEARNING; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHONETICS; READING; SEMANTICS; TEACHING;

CHILD; DYSLEXIA; HUMANS; LANGUAGE TESTS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHONETICS; READING; REMEDIAL TEACHING; SEMANTICS; VERBAL LEARNING;

EID: 79959198964     PISSN: 07369387     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11881-010-0050-9     Document Type: Article

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