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ERIC Number: EJ399795
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1989
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Developmental Differences in the Relationship between Reading Comprehension and Hemispheric Alpha Patterns: An EEG Study.
Roberts, Theresa A.; Kraft, R. Harter
Journal of Educational Psychology, v81 n3 p322-28 Sep 1989
Fifty-five boys, aged 6 to 8 and 10 to 12 years, were administered EEGs while they silently read short passages. Subjects were then tested on the passages. Age differences in the relationship between hemisphere activation during silent reading and reading comprehension were discovered. (TJH)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Brain Hemisphere Functions, Child Development, Cognitive Development, Electroencephalography, Elementary School Students, Grade 1, Grade 2, Grade 5, Grade 6, Intermediate Grades, Males, Primary Education, Reading Comprehension, Silent Reading, Young Children
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Brain Waves