Procedural visual learning in children with specific language impairment

American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 329-341

  Gabriel, Audrey ^a   Stefaniak, Nicolas ^b   Maillart, Christelle ^a   Schmitz, Xavier ^a   Meulemans, Thierry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE REIMS CHAMPAGNE ARDENNE   (France)

Author keywords

Child language disorder; Procedural learning; Sequential learning; Serial reaction time; Specific language impairment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84869208628     PISSN: 10580360     EISSN: 15589110     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/1058-0360(2012/11-0044)     Document Type: Article

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