The contribution of executive skills to reading comprehension

Child Neuropsychology

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 232-246

  Sesma, Heather Whitney ^a   Mahone, E Mark ^a   Levine, Terry ^a   Eason, Sarah H ^a   Cutting, Laurie E ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder; Executive functions; Reading comprehension; Reading disability

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMPREHENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSLEXIA; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MALE; READING; READING COMPREHENSION DEFICIT; SCHOOL CHILD; SKILL; WORD RECOGNITION; WORD RECOGNITION DEFICIT; WORKING MEMORY; ATTENTION; GAME; IMAGINATION; LEARNING; LINGUISTICS; MATHEMATICS; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SHORT TERM MEMORY; WECHSLER INTELLIGENCE SCALE;

ADOLESCENT; ATTENTION; CHILD; COGNITION DISORDERS; COMPREHENSION; DYSLEXIA; FEMALE; GAMES, EXPERIMENTAL; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; MALE; MATHEMATICS; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; READING; VERBAL LEARNING; VOCABULARY; WECHSLER SCALES;

EID: 67649674979     PISSN: 09297049     EISSN: 17444136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09297040802220029     Document Type: Article

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