Executive functioning in children with developmental dyslexia

Clinical Neuropsychologist

Volumn 28, Issue , 2015, Pages 20-41

  Moura, Octávio ^a   Simões, Mário R ^a   Pereira, Marcelino ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Developmental dyslexia; Planning; Processing speed; Shifting; Verbal fluency

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD; DYSLEXIA; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PSYCHOLOGY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD; DYSLEXIA; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; ROC CURVE;

EID: 84923804447     PISSN: 13854046     EISSN: 17444144     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13854046.2014.964326     Document Type: Article

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