The role of plasticity-related functional reorganization in the explanation of central dyslexias

Cognitive Neuropsychology

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 65-108

  Welbourne, Stephen R ^a   Woollams, Anna M ^a   Crisp, Jenni ^b   Ralph, Matthew A Lambon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b SHEFFIELD TEACHING HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Connectionist; Dyslexia; Parallel distributed processing; Plasticity; Reading

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISEASE COURSE; DYSLEXIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE TRACT; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; READING; SEMANTICS; SPEECH; SPEECH DISORDER;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; ARTICULATION DISORDERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISEASE PROGRESSION; DYSLEXIA; FEMALE; GENERALIZATION (PSYCHOLOGY); HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NEURAL NETWORKS (COMPUTER); NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; READING; SEMANTICS; SPEECH;

EID: 83055193682     PISSN: 02643294     EISSN: 14640627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02643294.2011.621937     Document Type: Article

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