Procedural learning in specific language impairment: Effects of sequence complexity

Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 264-271

  Gabriel, Audrey ^a   Maillart, Christelle ^a   Stefaniak, Nicolas ^b   Lejeune, Caroline ^a   Desmottes, Lise ^a   Meulemans, Thierry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE REIMS CHAMPAGNE ARDENNE   (France)

Author keywords

Child language; Keywords Language development disorders; Motor skills; Reaction time task; Serial learning; statistical structure

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875126590     PISSN: 13556177     EISSN: 14697661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1355617712001270     Document Type: Article

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