Cortex
Volume 46, Issue 10 , Pages 1284-1298 , November 2010

A dual-route perspective on poor reading in a regular orthography: An fMRI study

  • Heinz Wimmer

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychology, Center for Neurocognitive Research, University of Salzburg, Austria
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Psychology, Center for Neurocognitive Research, University of Salzburg, Hellbrunnerstr. 34, 5020 Salzburg, Austria.
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  • Matthias Schurz

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychology, Center for Neurocognitive Research, University of Salzburg, Austria
    • ,
  • Denise Sturm

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychology, Center for Neurocognitive Research, University of Salzburg, Austria
    • ,
  • Fabio Richlan

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychology, Center for Neurocognitive Research, University of Salzburg, Austria
    • ,
  • Johannes Klackl

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychology, Center for Neurocognitive Research, University of Salzburg, Austria
    • ,
  • Martin Kronbichler

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychology, Center for Neurocognitive Research, University of Salzburg, Austria
    • Department of Neurology, Christian Doppler Clinic, Paracelsus Private Medical University Salzburg, Austria
    • ,
  • Gunther Ladurner

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, Christian Doppler Clinic, Paracelsus Private Medical University Salzburg, Austria

Received 16 October 2008 ,Revised 19 March 2009 ,Accepted 31 March 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.cortex.2010.06.004

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