Brain activation patterns resulting from learning letter forms through active self-production and passive observation in young children

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 4, Issue SEP, 2013, Pages

  Kersey, Alyssa J ^a   James, Karin H ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain; Children; Cursive; Development; fMRI; Reading; Writing

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885332645     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2013.00567     Document Type: Article

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