The cognitive and behavioral characteristics of children with low working memory

Child Development

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 606-621

  Alloway, Tracy Packiam ^a   Gathercole, Susan Elizabeth ^b   Kirkwood, Hannah ^b   Elliott, Julian ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^c DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; INTELLIGENCE TEST; LINGUISTICS; MALE; MATHEMATICS; MEMORY DISORDER; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; READING; SELF CONCEPT; SHORT TERM MEMORY;

ATTENTION; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; MALE; MATHEMATICS; MEMORY DISORDERS; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; READING; SELF CONCEPT; VOCABULARY;

EID: 65349085163     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: 14678624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2009.01282.x     Document Type: Article

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