Information transmission defect identified and localized in language learning impaired children by means of electrophysiology

Cortex

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 464-470

  Huber, Markus ^a,c   Telser, Stefan ^a   Falk, Markus ^b   Böhm, Angelika ^a   Hackenberg, Brigitte ^a   Schwitzer, Josef ^a   Hinterhuber, Hartmann ^a  

^a INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c Department of Neurology ASL1   (Italy)

Author keywords

Language processing deficits; P300

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; BRAIN FUNCTION; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; LATENT PERIOD; LEARNING DISORDER; LINGUISTICS; MALE; PARIETAL LOBE; PERCEPTION DISORDER; REACTION TIME; SCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TEMPORAL CORTEX;

EID: 21644454945     PISSN: 00109452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0010-9452(08)70187-4     Document Type: Article

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