Dissociation between the procedural learning of letter names and motor sequences in developmental dyslexia

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 50, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 2435-2441

  Gabay, Yafit ^a   Schiff, Rachel ^a   Vakil, Eli ^a  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Developmental dyslexia; Implicit learning; Letter names sequence learning; Motor sequence learning; Procedural learning

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL DYSLEXIA; DYSLEXIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LEARNING; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MOTOR CONTROL; PROCEDURAL LEARNING; RESPONSE TIME; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; DYSLEXIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SERIAL LEARNING; TRANSFER (PSYCHOLOGY); YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84864393755     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: 18733514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2012.06.014     Document Type: Article

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