Working Memory in Children With Reading Disabilities and/or Mathematical Disabilities

Journal of Learning Disabilities

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 461-472

  de Weerdt, Frauke ^a   Desoete, Annemie ^a   Roeyers, Herbert ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

comorbidity; mathematical disabilities; reading disabilities; working memory

Indexed keywords

APTITUDE TEST; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; DYSLEXIA; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING DISORDER; MALE; MATHEMATICAL DISABILITIES; MATHEMATICS; MEMORY DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; READING DISABILITIES; SHORT TERM MEMORY; WECHSLER INTELLIGENCE SCALE; WORKING MEMORY;

COMORBIDITY; MATHEMATICAL DISABILITIES; READING DISABILITIES; WORKING MEMORY;

APTITUDE TESTS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; DYSLEXIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING DISORDERS; MALE; MATHEMATICS; MEMORY DISORDERS; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; WECHSLER SCALES;

EID: 84882679624     PISSN: 00222194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022219412455238     Document Type: Article

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