Contrasting General and Process-Specific Slowing in Language Impairment.

Windsor, Jennifer

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ERIC Number: EJ647163

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 2002

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Contrasting General and Process-Specific Slowing in Language Impairment.

Windsor, Jennifer

Topics in Language Disorders, v22 n3 p49-61 May 2002

This article compares two theories on why children with language impairment have slower response times when completing linguistic and nonlinguistic tasks. First, the slowing is due to difficulty with a particular cognitive processes and second, the slowing is due to a general cognitive processing limitation. Clinical implications are discussed. (Contains references.) (Author/CR)

Descriptors: Children, Cognitive Processes, Information Processing, Intervention, Language Impairments, Listening Comprehension, Memory, Perceptual Impairments, Reaction Time, Recall (Psychology)

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive

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Language: English

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Note: Theme Issue: Information Processing: Implications for Assessment and Intervention.