Meaning construction and integration in children with hydrocephalus

Brain and Language

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 47-56

  Barnes, Marcia A ^a   Faulkner, Heather ^a   Wilkinson, Margaret ^a   Dennis, Maureen ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Children; Contextual enhancement; Hydrocephalus; Meaning activation; Reactivation; Reading comprehension; Suppression

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; COMPREHENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EXPERIMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LINGUISTICS; MALE; READING; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ATTENTION; CHILD; COMPREHENSION; CUES; DYSLEXIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; READING; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 1542298949     PISSN: 0093934X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0093-934X(03)00295-5     Document Type: Article

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