Verbal and Spatial Information Processing Constraints in Children with Specific Language Impairment

Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 114-125

  Hoffman, LaVae M ^a   Gillam, Ronald B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Central executive function; Child language development; Child language disorders; Dual processing paradigm; Information processing; Specific language impairment; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; MALE; RECALL; SCHOOL CHILD; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; VERBALIZATION; WORKING MEMORY;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD LANGUAGE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

EID: 1542723185     PISSN: 10924388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/1092-4388(2004/011)     Document Type: Article

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