Individual differences in reading skill and language lateralisation: A cluster analysis

Laterality

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 225-251

  Chiarello, Christine ^a   Welcome, Suzanne E ^a,b   Leonard, Christiana M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebral asymmetry; Cluster analysis; Corpus callosum; Divided visual field; Individual differences; Language lateralisation; Planum temporale; Reading skill; Structural asymmetry; Word reading

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN MAPPING; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CORPUS CALLOSUM; FEMALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; LANGUAGE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; READING; RECOGNITION; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; VISUAL FIELD;

ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CORPUS CALLOSUM; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; LANGUAGE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; READING; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SEX CHARACTERISTICS; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 84858377904     PISSN: 1357650X     EISSN: 14640678     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1357650X.2011.561860     Document Type: Article

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