Cognitive functioning and work success in adults with dyslexia

Dyslexia

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 327-338

  Leather, Carol ^a   Hogh, Henriette ^a   Seiss, Ellen ^a   Everatt, John ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Adult Dyslexia; Cognitive Failures; Executive Function; Metacognition; Planning; Success; Working Memory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; COGNITION; COGNITIVE FAILURES SCALE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DYSLEXIA; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOB PERFORMANCE; JOB SATISFACTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; SALARY; SELF CONCEPT; SKILL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AWARENESS; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; DYSLEXIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF EFFICACY; UNEMPLOYMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80055060898     PISSN: 10769242     EISSN: 10990909     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dys.441     Document Type: Conference Paper

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