Improving neural response to sound improves reading

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 109, Issue 41, 2012, Pages 16406-16407

  Tallal, Paula ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DYSLEXIA; HEARING DISORDER; HUMAN; LEARNING; NERVE POTENTIAL; NOTE; PHONETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; READING; SOUND; UNITED STATES;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; DYSLEXIA; FEMALE; HEARING; HUMANS; MALE; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; READING;

EID: 84867351450     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1214122109     Document Type: Note

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