Working memory performance and executive function behaviors in young children with SLI

Research in Developmental Disabilities

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 62-74

  Vugs, Brigitte ^a   Hendriks, Marc ^b,c   Cuperus, Juliane ^a   Verhoeven, Ludo ^d  

^a ROYAL DUTCH KENTALIS   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c EPILEPSY CENTER KEMPENHAEGHE   (Netherlands)

^d RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Executive functions; Preschool; SLI; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DEPTH PERCEPTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMOTIONALITY; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MEMORY DISORDER; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; WORKING MEMORY;

EXECUTIVE FUNCTIONS; PRESCHOOL; SLI; WORKING MEMORY;

ATTENTION; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PHONETICS;

EID: 84887772624     PISSN: 08914222     EISSN: 18733379     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ridd.2013.10.022     Document Type: Article

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