Cortex
Volume 46, Issue 10 , Pages 1362-1376 , November 2010

Newborn brain event-related potentials revealing atypical processing of sound frequency and the subsequent association with later literacy skills in children with familial dyslexia

  • Paavo H.T. Leppänen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychology, University of Jyväskylä, Finland
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Psychology, University of Jyväskylä, P.O. Box 35, 40014 Jyväskylä, Finland.
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  • Jarmo A. Hämäläinen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychology, University of Jyväskylä, Finland
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  • Hanne K. Salminen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychology, University of Jyväskylä, Finland
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  • Kenneth M. Eklund

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychology, University of Jyväskylä, Finland
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  • Tomi K. Guttorm

      Affiliations

    • Agora Center, University of Jyväskylä, Finland
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  • Kaisa Lohvansuu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychology, University of Jyväskylä, Finland
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  • Anne Puolakanaho

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychology, University of Jyväskylä, Finland
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  • Heikki Lyytinen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychology, University of Jyväskylä, Finland

Received 2 October 2008 ,Revised 16 July 2009 ,Accepted 25 September 2009.

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