A subgroup analysis of Working Memory in children with Reading Disabilities: Domain-general or domain-specific deficiency?

Journal of Learning Disabilities

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 249-263

  Swanson, H Lee ^a   Sachse Lee, Carole ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; CHILD; DYSLEXIA; FEMALE; HEARING; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE TEST; LEARNING; LEARNING DISORDER; MALE; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; READING; REFERENCE VALUE; SHORT TERM MEMORY; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADOLESCENT; ATTENTION; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; CHILD; CUES; DYSLEXIA; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GENERALIZATION (PSYCHOLOGY); HUMANS; LEARNING DISORDERS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOMETRICS; READING; REFERENCE VALUES; RESEARCH SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; WECHSLER SCALES;

EID: 0010699881     PISSN: 14690047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/002221940103400305     Document Type: Article

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