Is there a selective relationship between language functioning and auditory attention in children?

Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 660-668

  Gomes, Hilary ^a   Wolfson, Virginia ^a   Halperin, Jeffrey M ^b  

^a CITY COLLEGE OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CHILD BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LANGUAGE ABILITY; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; SCHOOL CHILD;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ATTENTION; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME;

EID: 34547891881     PISSN: 13803395     EISSN: 1744411X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13803390600920455     Document Type: Article

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