Effects of fluency, oral language, and executive function on reading comprehension performance

Annals of Dyslexia

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 34-54

  Cutting, Laurie E ^a,b,c,d   Materek, April ^e   Cole, Carolyn A S ^a,b   Levine, Terry M ^a   Mahone, E Mark ^a,b  

^a KENNEDY KRIEGER INSTITUTE   (United States)

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

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d HASKINS LABORATORIES   (United States)

^e LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Executive function; Fluency; Oral language; Reading comprehension; Reading disabilities

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CHILD; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMPREHENSION; DYSLEXIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE TEST; LINGUISTICS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; READING; STATISTICS; TASK PERFORMANCE; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CHILD; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; COMPREHENSION; DYSLEXIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE TESTS; LINGUISTICS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; READING; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; VOCABULARY;

EID: 67651018890     PISSN: 07369387     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11881-009-0022-0     Document Type: Article

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