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Direct linkHick, Rachel; Botting, Nicola; Conti-Ramsden, Gina – International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders, 2005
Background: The study is concerned with the cognitive abilities of children with specific language impairment (SLI). Previous research has indicated that children with SLI demonstrate difficulties with certain cognitive tasks despite normal non-verbal IQ scores. It has been suggested that a general processing limitation might account for the…
Descriptors: Visual Perception, Spatial Ability, Cognitive Ability, Age
Bavin, Edith L.; Wilson, Peter H.; Maruff, Paul; Sleeman, Felicity – International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders, 2005
Children with Specific language Impairment (SLI) have problems with verbal memory, particularly with tasks that have more processing demands. They also have slower speeds of responding for some tasks. To identify the extent to which young children with SLI would differ in performance from age-matched non-impaired children on a set of spatio-visual…
Descriptors: Memory, Young Children, Language Impairments, Visual Perception
Archibald, Lisa M. D.; Gathercole, Susan E. – International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders, 2006
Background: Investigations of the cognitive processes underlying specific language impairment (SLI) have implicated deficits in the storage and processing of phonological information, but to date these abilities have not been studied in the same group of children with SLI. Aims: To examine the extent to which deficits in immediate verbal…
Descriptors: Phonology, Learning Problems, Short Term Memory, Reading Skills
