Processing of rapid auditory stimuli in school-age children referred for evaluation of learning disorders

Child Development

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 37-49

  Waber, Deborah P ^a   Weiler, Michael D ^a   Wolff, Peter H ^a   Bellinger, David ^a   Marcus, David J ^a   Ariel, Raya ^b   Forbes, Peter ^a   Wypij, David ^c  

^a s Hospital   (United States)

^b Inst of Diabetes and Endocrinology   (Israel)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CHILD; COGNITIVE DEFECT; FEMALE; HEARING; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; INTELLIGENCE TEST; LEARNING DISORDER; MALE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; READING;

ACHIEVEMENT; ATTENTION; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; CHILD; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; LEARNING DISORDERS; MALE; REACTION TIME; READING; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION;

EID: 0035234580     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8624.00264     Document Type: Article

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