A comparison of working memory skills and learning in children with developmental coordination disorder and moderate learning difficulties

Applied Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 473-487

  Packiam Alloway, Tracy ^a   Temple, Kathryn Joanne ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL COORDINATION DISORDER; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; LEARNING; LEARNING DISORDER; MALE; MATHEMATICS; MEMORY DISORDER; MENTAL TEST; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; READING; SHORT TERM MEMORY; SPATIAL MEMORY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VERBAL MEMORY; VISUAL MEMORY; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 34248372558     PISSN: 08884080     EISSN: 10990720     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/acp.1284     Document Type: Article

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