Dyslexic children show deficits in implicit sequence learning, but not in explicit sequence learning or contextual cueing

Annals of Dyslexia

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 85-110

  Jiménez Fernández, Gracia ^a   Vaquero, Joaquín M M ^a   Jiménez, Luis ^b   Defior, Sylvia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Automatization; Dyslexia; Intentional learning; Reading disabilities; Unconscious learning

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CHILD; DYSLEXIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; LEARNING DISORDER; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHYSIOLOGY; READING;

CHILD; CUES; DYSLEXIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING; LEARNING DISORDERS; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; READING;

EID: 79959246968     PISSN: 07369387     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11881-010-0048-3     Document Type: Article

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