Paired associate learning in Chinese children with dyslexia

Journal of Experimental Child Psychology

Volumn 103, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 135-151

  Li, Hong ^a   Shu, Hua ^a   McBride Chang, Catherine ^b   Liu, Hong Yun ^a   Xue, Jin ^a,c  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c BEIJING INTERNATIONAL STUDIES UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Chinese; Developmental dyslexia; Long term retention; Paired associate learning; Visual verbal; Visual visual

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASIAN; AWARENESS; CHILD; CHINA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPREHENSION; DYSLEXIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PAIRED ASSOCIATE LEARNING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SHORT TERM MEMORY; VISION;

ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AWARENESS; CHILD; CHINA; COMPREHENSION; DYSLEXIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PAIRED-ASSOCIATE LEARNING; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 67349220711     PISSN: 00220965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jecp.2009.02.001     Document Type: Article

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