Sustained attention in children with primary language impairment: A meta-analysis

Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1372-1384

  Ebert, Kerry Danahy ^a   Kohnert, Kathryn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Attention; Cognition; Meta analysis; Specific language impairment

Indexed keywords

ATTENTION; CHILD; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; META ANALYSIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; RECEPTIVE FIELD; REVIEW;

ATTENTION; CHILD; FIELD DEPENDENCE-INDEPENDENCE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 80054114990     PISSN: 10924388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/1092-4388(2011/10-0231)     Document Type: Review

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