Executive functions in developmental dyslexia
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Executive functions in developmental dyslexia
The present study was aimed at investigating different aspects of Executive Functions (EF) in children with Developmental Dyslexia (DD). A neuropsychological battery tapping verbal fluency, spoonerism, attention, verbal shifting, short-term and working memory was used to assess 60 children with DD and 65 with typical reading (TR) abilities. Compared to their controls, children with DD showed de...
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عنوان ژورنال: Frontiers in Human Neuroscience
سال: 2014
ISSN: 1662-5161
DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2014.00120