A Neurological Account of Dyslexia

Visual Aspects of Dyslexia

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages

  Démonet, Jean François ^a   Reilhac, Caroline ^b  

^a LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PAUL SABATIER   (France)

Author keywords

Cognitive; Imaging studies; Mri; Neurological; Structural

Indexed keywords

EID: 84921258259     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199589814.003.0001     Document Type: Chapter

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