Working memory and executive function profiles of individuals with borderline intellectual functioning

Journal of Intellectual Disability Research

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 448-456

  Alloway, T P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Executive function; Intellectual disability; IQ; Working memory

Indexed keywords

EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY; INTELLIGENCE; LEARNING; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOMETRY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; REFERENCE VALUE; SHORT TERM MEMORY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; STROOP TEST;

EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOMETRICS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; REFERENCE VALUES; STROOP TEST; VERBAL LEARNING;

EID: 77953351061     PISSN: 09642633     EISSN: 13652788     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2788.2010.01281.x     Document Type: Article

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