A comparison of working memory profiles in school-aged children with Specific Language Impairment, Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder, Comorbid SLI and ADHD and their typically developing peers

Child Neuropsychology

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 190-207

  Hutchinson, Esther ^a,b   Bavin, Edith ^b   Efron, Daryl ^a,c   Sciberras, Emma ^a  

^a ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

ADHD; Comorbidity; Neurodevelopmental disorders; SLI; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PEER GROUP; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SHORT TERM MEMORY; STATISTICS;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LANGUAGE DISORDERS; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PEER GROUP;

EID: 84858211128     PISSN: 09297049     EISSN: 17444136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09297049.2011.601288     Document Type: Article

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