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Hick, 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
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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