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Basic functions of language, reading and reading disability /

This highly interdisciplinary project presents new results and the state of the art of knowledge in the psychology and neurophysiology of language, reading and dyslexia. It concentrates on basic cognitive functions of understanding and producing language and disorders within its spoken and written e...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Witruk, Evelin (Editor), Friederici, Angela D. (Editor), Lachmann, Thomas (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Boston : Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2002.
Series:Neuropsychology and cognition ; 20.
Subjects:
Psycholinguistics.
Language acquisition.
Comprehension.
Reading, Psychology of.
Reading disability.
Language Disorders > Congresses.
Cognition > Congresses.
Language Development > Congresses.
Psycholinguistics > Congresses.
Reading > Congresses.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:This highly interdisciplinary project presents new results and the state of the art of knowledge in the psychology and neurophysiology of language, reading and dyslexia. It concentrates on basic cognitive functions of understanding and producing language and disorders within its spoken and written execution. The book grew out of the Basic Mechanisms of Language and Language Disorders conference held in Leipzig in September of 1999. The meeting was organized by the Psychological Institute of the University of Leipzig in cooperation with the Max Planck Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience and the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
Physical Description:1 online resource (ix, 375 pages) : illustrations.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781461510116 (electronic bk.)
1461510112 (electronic bk.)
ISSN:0927-0116 ;