Processing speed and working memory underlie academic attainment in very preterm children

Archives of Disease in Childhood: Fetal and Neonatal Edition

Volumn 95, Issue 4, 2010, Pages

  Mulder, Hanna ^a   Pitchford, Nicola J ^a   Marlow, Neil ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; LANGUAGE; MATHEMATICS; NEWBORN; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; READING; SPECIAL EDUCATION; TEACHER; VELOCITY; WORKING MEMORY;

ATTENTION; CHILD; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; EDUCATION, SPECIAL; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INTELLIGENCE; LEARNING DISORDERS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS;

EID: 77954350630     PISSN: 13592998     EISSN: 14682052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.2009.167965     Document Type: Article

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