Nature and origins of mathematics difficulties in very preterm children: A different etiology than developmental dyscalculia

Pediatric Research

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 389-395

  Simms, Victoria ^a,b   Gilmore, Camilla ^c   Cragg, Lucy ^d   Clayton, Sarah ^c   Marlow, Neil ^e   Johnson, Samantha ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^c LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT TEST; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DYSCALCULIA; EXPERIMENTAL TEST; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATHEMATICS; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WORKING MEMORY; CASE CONTROL STUDY; INTELLIGENCE TEST; LEARNING DISORDERS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIATION RESPONSE; SHORT TERM MEMORY; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR; UNITED KINGDOM;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INFANT, PREMATURE; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; LEARNING DISORDERS; MATHEMATICS; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SPATIAL PROCESSING;

EID: 84927168602     PISSN: 00313998     EISSN: 15300447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/pr.2014.184     Document Type: Article

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