Non-word repetition in children with specific language impairment: A deficit in phonological working memory or in long-term verbal knowledge?

Cortex

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 769-776

  Casalini, Claudia ^a   Brizzolara, Daniel ^a,b   Chilosi, Anna ^a   Cipriani, Paola ^a,b   Marcolini, Stefania ^c,d   Pecini, Chiara ^a,b   Roncoli, Silvia ^a   Burani, Cristina ^c  

^a DEPARTMENT OF DEVELOPMENTAL NEUROSCIENCE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^c INSTITUTE OF COGNITIVE SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGIES   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Long term lexical knowledge; Non word repetition; Phonological working memory; Specific language impairment

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; ITALY; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; LONG TERM MEMORY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHONETICS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; SHORT TERM MEMORY; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VERBAL MEMORY; WORD LIST RECALL; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 34547604905     PISSN: 00109452     EISSN: 00109452     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0010-9452(08)70505-7     Document Type: Article

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