Do children with dyslexia and/or specific language impairment compensate for place assimilation? Insight into phonological grammar and representations

Cognitive Neuropsychology

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 563-586

  Marshall, Chloe R ^a   Ramus, Franck ^b   van der Lely, Heather ^b,c  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dyslexia; Phonological representations; Place assimilation; Specific language impairment

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CHILD; COMPREHENSION; DYSLEXIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; LINGUISTICS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; READING; RECOGNITION; SEMANTICS; SPEECH; SPEECH DISORDER;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; COMPREHENSION; DYSLEXIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DISORDERS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; READING; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SEMANTICS; SPEECH; SPEECH DISORDERS; VOCABULARY;

EID: 82755170461     PISSN: 02643294     EISSN: 14640627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02643294.2011.588693     Document Type: Article

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