Working Memory in Portuguese Children With Developmental Dyslexia

Applied Neuropsychology: Child

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 237-248

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

developmental dyslexia; reading; short term memory; spelling; working memory

Indexed keywords

CHILD; DYSLEXIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; LINGUISTICS; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PORTUGAL; READING; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SHORT TERM MEMORY; STATISTICAL MODEL; WECHSLER INTELLIGENCE SCALE;

CHILD; DYSLEXIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINGUISTICS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; PORTUGAL; READING; ROC CURVE; WECHSLER SCALES;

EID: 84944276021     PISSN: 21622965     EISSN: 21622973     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/21622965.2014.885389     Document Type: Article

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