Short-term and working memory skills in primary school-aged children with specific language impairment and children with pragmatic language impairment: Phonological, linguistic and visuo-spatial aspects

International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 457-466

  Freed, Jenny ^a   Lockton, Elaine ^a   Adams, Catherine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

pragmatic language impairment; short term memory; specific language impairment; working memory

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; LINGUISTICS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHONATION; PHYSIOLOGY; SHORT TERM MEMORY; VISION;

CHILD; CHILD LANGUAGE; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS; LINGUISTICS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PHONATION; SPACE PERCEPTION; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84863828958     PISSN: 13682822     EISSN: 14606984     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-6984.2012.00148.x     Document Type: Review

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