Procedural learning deficits in specific language impairment (SLI): A meta-analysis of serial reaction time task performance

Cortex

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-10

  Lum, Jarrad A G ^a   Conti Ramsden, Gina ^b   Morgan, Angela T ^c   Ullman, Michael T ^d  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c MURDOCH CHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^d GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Meta analysis; Procedural Deficit Hypothesis (PDH); Procedural memory; Serial reaction time (SRT) task; Specific language impairment (SLI)

Indexed keywords

META-ANALYSIS; PROCEDURAL DEFICIT HYPOTHESIS (PDH); PROCEDURAL MEMORY; SERIAL REACTION TIME (SRT) TASK; SPECIFIC LANGUAGE IMPAIRMENT (SLI);

HUMANS; LANGUAGE DISORDERS; LEARNING DISORDERS; MEMORY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REACTION TIME; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

AGE; COMPENSATION; DECLARATIVE MEMORY; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; LEARNING; LEARNING DISORDER; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); PROCEDURAL LEARNING DEFICIT; PROCEDURAL MEMORY; REACTION TIME; RESPONSE TIME; REVIEW; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL STIMULATION;

EID: 84895059546     PISSN: 00109452     EISSN: 19738102     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cortex.2013.10.011     Document Type: Review

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