Working Memory Deficits of Reading Disabled Children

Journal of Experimental Child Psychology

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 75-96

  De Jong, Peter F ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HANDICAPPED CHILD; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; READING; TIME;

CHILD; DISABLED CHILDREN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; READING; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0032134125     PISSN: 00220965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jecp.1998.2451     Document Type: Article

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