Processing limitations in children with specific language impairment: The role of executive function

Child Development

Volumn 77, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1822-1841

  Im Bolter, Nancie ^a   Johnson, Janice ^b   Pascual Leone, Juan ^b  

^a TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CHILD; COGNITIVE DEFECT; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; REACTION TIME; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT;

ATTENTION; CHILD; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DISORDERS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REACTION TIME; SACCADES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 33750924439     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: 14678624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2006.00976.x     Document Type: Article

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