Math achievement, numerical processing, and executive functions in girls with Turner syndrome: Do girls with Turner syndrome have math learning disability?

Learning and Individual Differences

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 70-81

  Mazzocco, Michèle M M ^a,b   Hanich, Laurie B ^c  

^a KENNEDY KRIEGER INSTITUTE   (United States)

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

^c MILLERSVILLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dyscalculia; Mathematical learning disabilities; Numerical processing; Turner syndrome; Working memory

Indexed keywords

EID: 75849133721     PISSN: 10416080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lindif.2009.10.011     Document Type: Article

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