The mental and written arithmetic abilities of adults with dyslexia

Dyslexia

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 96-114

  Simmons, Fiona Rachel ^a   Singleton, Chris ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adults; Arithmetic; Dyslexia; Number facts; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARITHMETIC; ARTICLE; AUDITORY MEMORY; CALCULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DYSLEXIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MALE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MATHEMATICS; MENTAL CAPACITY; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MENTAL TASK; SCORING SYSTEM; SHORT TERM MEMORY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STUDENT; TASK PERFORMANCE; VERBAL MEMORY; VISUAL MEMORY;

ADULT; COGNITION DISORDERS; DYSLEXIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MATHEMATICS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS;

EID: 33646548231     PISSN: 10769242     EISSN: 10990909     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dys.312     Document Type: Article

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