Phonological working memory impairments in children with specific language impairment: Where does the problem lie?

Journal of Communication Disorders

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 173-185

  Alt, Mary ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMMUNICATION SKILL; COMPUTER SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; LEARNING DISORDER; LONG TERM MEMORY; MEMORY DISORDER; PHONETICS; SCHOOL CHILD; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORD RECOGNITION; WORKING MEMORY;

ARTICULATION DISORDERS; CHILD; DYSLEXIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS; MALE; MEMORY, LONG-TERM; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; PHONETICS; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 79952184908     PISSN: 00219924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcomdis.2010.09.003     Document Type: Article

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