Working memory functions in children with different degrees of intellectual disability

Journal of Intellectual Disability Research

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 346-353

  Schuchardt, K ^a   Gebhardt, M ^a   Maehler C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HILDESHEIM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Borderline intellectual disability; Mild intellectual disability; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD HEALTH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MENTAL TASK; PHONETICS; SCHOOL CHILD; WORKING MEMORY;

CHILD; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MENTAL RETARDATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 77952527804     PISSN: 09642633     EISSN: 13652788     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2788.2010.01265.x     Document Type: Article

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