Short-term memory for order but not for item information is impaired in developmental dyslexia

Annals of Dyslexia

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 121-136

  Hachmann, Wibke M ^a   Bogaerts, Louisa ^b   Szmalec, Arnaud ^b,c   Woumans, Evy ^b   Duyck, Wouter ^b   Job, Remo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Developmental dyslexia; Domain specificity; Reading; Serial order processing; Short term memory

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMPLICATION; DYSLEXIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; READING; SHORT TERM MEMORY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DYSLEXIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; READING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84905733307     PISSN: 07369387     EISSN: 19347243     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11881-013-0089-5     Document Type: Article

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