Executive functions for reading and writing in typical literacy development and dyslexia

Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 588-606

  Altemeier, Leah E ^a,b   Abbott, Robert D ^a   Berninger, Virginia W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; DYSLEXIA; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; READING; SEX DIFFERENCE; WRITING;

AGE FACTORS; ATTENTION; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; COLOR PERCEPTION; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; DYSLEXIA; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOMETRICS; READING; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEMANTICS; SEX FACTORS; WRITING;

EID: 45849138930     PISSN: 13803395     EISSN: 1744411X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13803390701562818     Document Type: Article

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