Severity of specific language impairment predicts delayed development in number skills

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 4, Issue SEP, 2013, Pages

  Durkin, Kevin ^a   H Mok, Pearl L ^b   Conti Ramsden, Gina ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cognitive factors; Linguistic abilities; Number development; Number skills; Specific language impairment (SLI)

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885354878     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2013.00581     Document Type: Article

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