Executive Functions Contribute Uniquely to Reading Competence in Minority Youth

Journal of Learning Disabilities

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 422-433

  Jacobson, Lisa A ^a,b,c   Koriakin, Taylor ^a,c   Lipkin, Paul ^a,b,c   Boada, Richard ^c   Frijters, Jan C ^c   Lovett, Maureen W ^c   Hill, Dina ^c   Willcutt, Erik ^c   Gottwald, Stephanie ^c   Wolf, Maryanne ^c   Bosson Heenan, Joan ^c   Gruen, Jeffrey R ^c,d   Mahone, E Mark ^a,b,c  

^a KENNEDY KRIEGER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Reading and Dyslexia Study   (United States)

^d YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

attention; comprehension; dyslexia; fluency; processing speed; working memory

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ATTENTION; CHILD; COMPREHENSION; ETHNOLOGY; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PROBLEM SOLVING; READING; SHORT TERM MEMORY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ATTENTION; CHILD; COMPREHENSION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; PROBLEM SOLVING; READING;

EID: 85020548826     PISSN: 00222194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022219415618501     Document Type: Article

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