Brain activity while reading words and pseudo-words: A comparison between dyslexic and fluent readers

International Journal of Psychophysiology

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 270-276

  Shaul, Shelley ^a   Arzouan, Yossi ^a   Goldstein, Abraham ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^b BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Dyslexia; Hemispheric activity; Pseudo words; Words

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DYSLEXIA; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; MALE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; READING; WORD RECOGNITION;

ADULT; BRAIN; DYSLEXIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; READING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84861722680     PISSN: 01678760     EISSN: 18727697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2012.03.005     Document Type: Article

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