Perceptual organization and visual immediate memory in children with specific language impairment

Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 465-474

  Akshoomoff, Natacha ^a,e   Stiles, Joan ^b   Wulfeck, Beverly ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e CHILD AND ADOLESCENT SERVICES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Developmental communication disorders; Drawings; Language development disorders; Memory; Neuropsychology; Short term; Spatial behavior

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; DRAWING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; MALE; MENTAL TEST; ORGANIZATION; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHORT TERM MEMORY; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL MEMORY;

CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DISORDERS; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PERCEPTUAL DISORDERS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPACE PERCEPTION; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 33746064031     PISSN: 13556177     EISSN: 14697661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1355617706060607     Document Type: Article

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