Working Memory in Children With Learning Disabilities in Reading Versus Spelling: Searching for Overlapping and Specific Cognitive Factors

Journal of Learning Disabilities

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 622-634

  Brandenburg, Janin ^a,b   Klesczewski, Julia ^b,c   Fischbach, Anne ^a,b   Schuchardt, Kirsten ^d   Büttner, Gerhard ^b,c   Hasselhorn, Marcus ^a,b,c  

^a GERMAN INSTITUTE FOR INTERNATIONAL EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b Center for Research on Individual Development and Adaptive Education of Children at Risk (IDeA)   (Germany)

^c GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HILDESHEIM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Learning disabilities; Reading; Spelling; Transparent orthographies; Working memory

Indexed keywords

CHILD; DYSLEXIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING DISORDER; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SHORT TERM MEMORY;

CHILD; DYSLEXIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING DISORDERS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM;

EID: 84943176541     PISSN: 00222194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022219414521665     Document Type: Article

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