Strengths and weaknesses in executive functioning in children with intellectual disability

Research in Developmental Disabilities

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 600-607

  Danielsson, Henrik ^a,b   Henry, Lucy ^c   Messer, David ^d   Rönnberg, Jerker ^a,b  

^a Linköping University   (Sweden)

^b LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c LONDON SOUTH BANK UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Executive functioning; Executive loaded working memory; Fluency; Inhibition; Intellectual disability; Planning; Switching

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; LANGUAGE ABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; PLANNING; TASK PERFORMANCE; VERBAL COMMUNICATION; WORKING MEMORY;

ADOLESCENT; ATTENTION; CHILD; CHILD LANGUAGE; COGNITION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY; MALE; MEMORY; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NEURAL INHIBITION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 82655180674     PISSN: 08914222     EISSN: 18733379     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ridd.2011.11.004     Document Type: Article

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