Working memory deficits in children with specific learning disorders

Journal of Learning Disabilities

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 514-523

  Schuchardt, Kirsten ^a   Maehler, Claudia ^a   Hasselhorn, Marcus ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b GERMAN INSTITUTE FOR INTERNATIONAL EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dyscalculia; Dyslexia; Learning disabilities; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; DEPTH PERCEPTION; DYSLEXIA; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LEARNING DISORDER; MALE; MATHEMATICS; MEMORY DISORDER; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PERCEPTION DISORDER; PHONETICS; SHORT TERM MEMORY; VISION;

CHILD; DYSLEXIA; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING DISORDERS; MALE; MATHEMATICS; MEMORY DISORDERS; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PERCEPTUAL DISORDERS; PHONETICS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPACE PERCEPTION; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 54149097141     PISSN: 00222194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022219408317856     Document Type: Article

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