| Description |
xiii, 306 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
1. Introduction / Tracy Packiam Alloway -- 2. Working memory in dyslexia / Susan J. Pickering -- 3. Short-term memory deficits in developmental dyslexia / Richard K. Wagner and Andrea Muse -- 4. Working memory and reading disabilities : both phonological and executive processing deficits are important / H. Lee Swanson -- 5. The role of working memory in specific reading comprehension difficulties / Rose K. Vukovic and Linda Siegel -- 6. Working memory and arithmetic learning disability / Maria Chiara Passolunghi -- 7. Short-term memory and working memory in specific language impairment / Lisa M. D. Archibald and Susan E. Gathercole -- 8. Working memory skills in children with developmental coordination disorder / Tracy Packiam Alloway -- 9. Working memory function in attention deficit hyperactivity disorder / Steve Roodenrys -- 10. Working memory in autism / Sylvie Belleville, Edith Menard, Laurent Mottron and Marie-Claude Menard |
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11. Short-term memory in Down syndrome / Christopher Jarrold, Harry R. M. Purser and Jon Brock -- 12. Working memory in Williams syndrome / Melissa L. Rowe and Carolyn B. Mervis |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Short-term memory.
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Developmental disabilities.
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Pediatric neuropsychology.
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Developmental neurobiology.
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| Author |
Alloway, Tracy Packiam.
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Gathercole, Susan E.
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| LC no. |
2006004232 |
| ISBN |
1841695602 |
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