A taxometric investigation of developmental dyslexia subtypes

Dyslexia

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 16-39

  O'Brien, Beth A ^a   Wolf, Maryanne ^b   Lovett, Maureen W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

developmental dyslexia; double deficit hypothesis; subtypes; taxometric analysis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSLEXIA; FLUENCY DISORDER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PHONETICS;

EID: 84856294413     PISSN: 10769242     EISSN: 10990909     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dys.1431     Document Type: Article

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