Illiterates and Cognition: The Impact of Education

International Handbook of Cross-Cultural Neuropsychology

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 181-198

  Ardila, Alfredo ^a   Rosselli, Mónica ^b  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203936290-14     Document Type: Chapter

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