Working memory structure in 10- and 15-year old children with mild to borderline intellectual, disabilities

Research in Developmental Disabilities

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1258-1263

  van der Molen, Mariët J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Memory structure; Mild intellectual disability; Short term memory; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SHORT TERM MEMORY; SPATIAL MEMORY; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING; TASK PERFORMANCE; VALIDITY; VERBAL MEMORY; VISUAL MEMORY; WORKING MEMORY;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MENTAL RETARDATION; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VERBAL LEARNING;

EID: 77957128554     PISSN: 08914222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ridd.2010.07.019     Document Type: Article

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