A case study of arithmetic facts dyscalculia caused by a hypersensitivity-to-interference in memory

Cortex

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 50-70

  De Visscher, Alice ^a   Noël, Marie Pascale ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Approximate number system; Developmental dyscalculia; Mathematical disabilities; Multiplication; Numerical cognition

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMNESIA; ARITHMETIC; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CASE REPORT; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL DYSCALCULIA; DYSCALCULIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERSENSITIVITY TO INTERFERENCE; LEARNING DISORDER; MEMORY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; TASK PERFORMANCE; VERBAL MEMORY; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 84872144977     PISSN: 00109452     EISSN: 19738102     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cortex.2012.01.003     Document Type: Article

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