Cognitive profiles of Chinese adolescents with dyslexia

Dyslexia

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 2-23

  Chung, Kevin K H ^a   Ho, Connie Suk Han ^b   Chan, David W ^c   Tsang, Suk Man ^d   Lee, Suk Han ^d  

^a THE EDUCATION UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^d DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Chinese language; Dyslexia; Reading difficulties

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ALERTNESS; ARTICLE; CHINESE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSLEXIA; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; LEARNING; LEARNING DISORDER; MALE; MENTAL CAPACITY; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; PHONETICS; READING; SEMANTIC MEMORY; SHORT TERM MEMORY; SPELLING; VERBAL MEMORY; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL MEMORY; VISUAL ORIENTATION;

ADOLESCENT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AWARENESS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; COGNITION DISORDERS; COMPREHENSION; DYSLEXIA; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS; LANGUAGE TESTS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; WECHSLER SCALES;

EID: 76749087073     PISSN: 10769242     EISSN: 10990909     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dys.392     Document Type: Article

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