Magnitude Representation and Working Memory Updating in Children With Arithmetic and Reading Comprehension Disabilities

Journal of Learning Disabilities

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 658-668

  Pelegrina, Santiago ^a   Capodieci, Agnese ^b   Carretti, Barbara ^b   Cornoldi, Cesare ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JAÉN   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Mathematics; Reading comprehension; Working memory updating

Indexed keywords

CHILD; COMPREHENSION; DYSCALCULIA; DYSLEXIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SHORT TERM MEMORY;

CHILD; COMPREHENSION; DYSCALCULIA; DYSLEXIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM;

EID: 84943178323     PISSN: 00222194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022219414527480     Document Type: Article

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