Developmental dyslexia: The difficulties of interpreting poor performance, and the importance of normal performance

Cognitive Neuropsychology

Volumn 29, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 104-122

  Ramus, Franck ^a   Ahissar, Merav ^b  

^a ÉCOLE DES HAUTES ÉTUDES EN SCIENCES SOCIALES   (France)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Anchoring; Cognitive development; Developmental dyslexia; Phonology; Sensory processing

Indexed keywords

APTITUDE; DYSLEXIA; HEARING; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; LEARNING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; VISION;

APTITUDE; DYSLEXIA; HEARING; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; LEARNING; VISION, OCULAR;

EID: 84866542429     PISSN: 02643294     EISSN: 14640627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02643294.2012.677420     Document Type: Article

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