Gender ratio and cognitive profiles in dyslexia: A cross-national study

Reading and Writing

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 729-747

  Jiménez, Juan E ^a   de la Cadena, Claudia García ^b   Siegel, Linda S ^c   O'Shanahan, Isabel ^a   García, Eduardo ^d   Rodríguez, Cristina ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DEL VALLE   (Guatemala)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^d VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cognitive processes; Cross national studies; Dyslexia; Gender

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960095887     PISSN: 09224777     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11145-009-9222-6     Document Type: Article

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