Verbal working memory in children with mild intellectual disabilities

Journal of Intellectual Disability Research

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 162-169

  Van der Molen, Mariët J ^a,b,d   Van Luit, J E H ^a   Jongmans, M J ^a   Van Der Molen, M W ^c  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Heeren Loo Kwadrant   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d NONE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Automatic rehearsal; Central executive; Mental retardation; Mild intellectual disabilities; Phonological loop; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHONETICS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RATING SCALE; SCHOOL CHILD; VERBAL MEMORY; WORKING MEMORY;

ADOLESCENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; MENTAL RETARDATION; PHONETICS; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; WECHSLER SCALES;

EID: 33846191429     PISSN: 09642633     EISSN: 13652788     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2788.2006.00863.x     Document Type: Article

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