Literacy as a determining factor for brain organization: from Lecours' contribution to the present day

Abstract - This review aimed to discuss the influence of literacy and formal education on human brain organization, based on evidence drawn from three sources: (1) results and limitations of a project coordinated by André Roch Lecours on the influence of illiteracy on brain organization and of studi...

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Main Authors: Maria Alice de Mattos Pimenta Parente, Rochele Paz Fonseca, Lilian Cristine Scherer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Neurologia Cognitiva e do Comportamento
Series:Dementia & Neuropsychologia
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1980-57642008000300165&lng=en&tlng=en