Pinpointing the Deficit in Executive Functions in Adolescents With Dyslexia Performing the Wisconsin Card Sorting Test: An ERP Study

Journal of Learning Disabilities

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 208-223

  Horowitz Kraus, Tzipi ^a,b  

^a CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

attention; dyslexia; executive functions; Wisconsin Card Sorting Test; working memory

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CONCEPT FORMATION; DYSLEXIA; EVOKED RESPONSE; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SHORT TERM MEMORY;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CONCEPT FORMATION; DYSLEXIA; EVOKED POTENTIALS; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS;

EID: 84898860568     PISSN: 00222194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022219412453084     Document Type: Article

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