Literacy versus formal schooling: Influence

Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 575-582

  Kosmidis, Mary H ^a   Zafiri, Maria ^a   Politimou, Nina ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Attention span; Cognitive; Functional illiteracy; Illiteracy; Neuropsychology; Self educated

Indexed keywords

EID: 80855147679     PISSN: 08876177     EISSN: 18735843     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/arclin/acr063     Document Type: Article

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