Arithmetic difficulties in children with cerebral palsy are related to executive function and working memory

Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines

Volumn 50, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 824-833

  Jenks, Kathleen M ^a   De Moor, Jan ^a   Van Lieshout, Ernest C D M ^b  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cerebral palsy; Executive function; Learning difficulties; Longitudinal studies; Mathematics

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARITHMETIC; ARITHMETIC DIFFICULTY; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; LEARNING DISORDER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MENTAL TASK; MENTAL TEST; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; RESPONSE TIME; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SPECIAL EDUCATION; WORKING MEMORY; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MATHEMATICS; NETHERLANDS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REACTION TIME; SHORT TERM MEMORY; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING DISORDERS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MATHEMATICS; MEMORY DISORDERS; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; NETHERLANDS; REACTION TIME; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 70249107174     PISSN: 00219630     EISSN: 14697610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7610.2008.02031.x     Document Type: Article

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