The role of inhibitory functioning in children’s reading skills

Educational Psychology in Practice

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 339-350

  Booth, Josephine N ^a   Boyle, James M E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

executive functions; inhibitory functioning; reading skills

Indexed keywords

EID: 85055406085     PISSN: 02667363     EISSN: 14695839     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02667360903315164     Document Type: Article

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