Role of auditory attention in the real-time processing of simple grammar by children with specific language impairment: A preliminary investigation

International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 499-527

  Montgomery, James W ^a  

^a OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attention; Children; Sentence processing; Specific language impairment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AUDITORY DISCRIMINATION; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GRAMMAR; HUMAN; INFANT; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; MALE; PREDICTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; VARIANCE; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; WORD RECOGNITION;

ATTENTION; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS; LINGUISTICS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; PILOT PROJECTS; REACTION TIME; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEMANTICS; SPEECH PERCEPTION; TAPE RECORDING; VERBAL LEARNING;

EID: 51849109917     PISSN: 13682822     EISSN: 14606984     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13682820701736638     Document Type: Article

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