Relationships among linguistic processing speed, phonological working memory, and attention in children who stutter

Journal of Fluency Disorders

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 216-234

  Anderson, Julie D ^a   Wagovich, Stacy A ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Attention; Children; Linguistic processing speed; Phonological working memory; Stuttering

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PARENT; PHONETICS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUESTIONNAIRE; SPEECH; STUTTERING; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEMPERAMENT BEHAVIOR QUESTIONNAIRE; WORD RECOGNITION; WORKING MEMORY;

ADULT; ATTENTION; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINGUISTICS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; QUESTIONNAIRES; REACTION TIME; SPEECH; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; STUTTERING; TEMPERAMENT;

EID: 77956485155     PISSN: 0094730X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfludis.2010.04.003     Document Type: Article

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