Exploration of serial structure procedural learning in children with language impairment

Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 336-343

  Gabriel, Audrey ^a   Maillart, Christelle ^a   Guillaume, Melody ^a   Stefaniak, Nicolas ^b   Meulemans, Thierry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE REIMS CHAMPAGNE ARDENNE   (France)

Author keywords

Child language; Language development; Language development disorders; Motor skills; Probability learning; Serial learning

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; LANGUAGE TEST; LEARNING; LEARNING DISORDER; LINGUISTICS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS; LANGUAGE TESTS; LEARNING DISORDERS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REACTION TIME; SERIAL LEARNING; VOCABULARY;

EID: 79959526382     PISSN: 13556177     EISSN: 14697661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1355617710001724     Document Type: Article

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