The Specific Role of Inhibition in Reading Comprehension in Good and Poor Comprehenders

Journal of Learning Disabilities

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 541-552

  Borella, Erika ^a   Carretti, Barbara ^a   Pelegrina, Santiago ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JAÉN   (Spain)

Author keywords

inhibition; intrusion errors; learning disabilities; poor comprehenders; reading comprehension; working memory

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; COMPREHENSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING DISORDER; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; READING; SHORT TERM MEMORY; STROOP TEST; TASK PERFORMANCE;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; COMPREHENSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING DISORDERS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; READING; STROOP TEST; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 78049482539     PISSN: 00222194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022219410371676     Document Type: Article

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