Examining the central and peripheral processes of written word production through meta-analysis

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 2, Issue OCT, 2011, Pages

  Purcell, Jeremy J ^a   Turkeltaub, Peter E ^b   Eden, Guinevere F ^a   Rapp, Brenda ^c  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Angular; Dysgraphia; fMRI; Fusiform gyrus; Intraparietal sulcus; Meta analysis; Spelling; Writing

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867040291     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2011.00239     Document Type: Review

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