Letter position dyslexia in Arabic: From form to position

Behavioural Neurology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 193-203

  Friedmann, Naama ^a   Haddad Hanna, Manar ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

abstract letter identity; Arabic; developmental dyslexia; Dyslexia; letter position dyslexia

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARABIC ORTHOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSLEXIA; FEMALE; HEBREW ORTHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LETTER POSITION DYSLEXIA; LINGUISTICS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; READING; SCHOOL CHILD; WORD LIST RECALL;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; DYSLEXIA, ACQUIRED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; READING;

EID: 84862996622     PISSN: 09534180     EISSN: 18758584     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/BEN-2012-119004     Document Type: Article

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