Neurophysiological evidence for selective auditory attention deficits in children with specific language impairment

Brain Research

Volumn 1111, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 143-152

  Stevens, Courtney ^a   Sanders, Lisa ^a,b   Neville, Helen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Attention; Developmental disorder; Event related potential; Language impairment; Selective attention

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FEMALE; HEARING; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; LINGUISTICS; MALE; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NEUROPSYCHIATRY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; AGE FACTORS; AGING; ATTENTION; AUDITORY PATHWAYS; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; AUDITORY PERCEPTUAL DISORDERS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS; LANGUAGE TESTS; MALE;

EID: 33748326079     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2006.06.114     Document Type: Article

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