Deficient arithmetic fact retrieval - Storage or access problem? A case study

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 482-496

  Kaufmann, Liane ^a   Lochy, Aliette ^b,c   Drexler, Arthur ^b   Semenza, Carlo ^d  

^a ST ANNA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Addition multiplication facts; Developmental dyscalculia; Explicit implicit access; Production verification priming tasks

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARITHMETIC; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BRAIN FUNCTION; CALCULATION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DYSCALCULIA; DYSPHASIA; ERROR; HUMAN; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; MALE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; RECALL; SKILL; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 0347320636     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2003.09.004     Document Type: Article

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