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Science, sophistry and ‘commercial sensitivity’: Comments on ‘evaluation of an exercise-based treatment for children with reading difficulties’, by Reynolds, Nicolson and Hambly

✍ Scribed by Ian L. Richards; Elisabeth Moores; Caroline Witton; Peter A. Reddy; Gina Rippon; Kim S. H. Rochelle; Joel B. Talcott

Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
2003
Tongue
English
Weight
46 KB
Volume
9
Category
Article
ISSN
1076-9242

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