The structure of intelligence in children with specific learning disabilities is different as compared to typically development children

Giofrè, David; Cornoldi, Cesare

doi:10.1016/j.intell.2015.07.002

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The structure of intelligence in children with specific learning disabilities is different as compared to typically development children

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In the section headed “Comprehension and Processing Speed indexes are not” (page unavailable), the paper concludes that children with SLD have impaired processing-speed performance. The Discussion reports a statistically lower loading of the Processing Speed Index on g in the SLD group, but that is not a test showing that SLD status significantly predicted a processing-speed deficit. The predictive wording is therefore unsupported. (LLM, conf=0.85)
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Children with learning disorders frequently have processing speed deficits.
“the literature indicates that children with learning disorders frequently have PS deficits8–15.”
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Authors: Giofrè, D., & Cornoldi, C.
Affiliations: University of Padua (IT)
Corresponding author: Giofrè, David
ORCID: Giofrè, David
Cornoldi, Cesare
Venue: Intelligence
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Published: 2015-09
Volume: 52
Pages: 36-43
ISSN: 0160-2896 (ISSN-L)
DOI: 10.1016/j.intell.2015.07.002
OpenAlex: W1466852167
Cited by: 71
References: 48
Citations by year: 2026: 7 · 2025: 8 · 2024: 5 · 2023: 9 · 2022: 7 · 2021: 7 · 2020: 4 · 2019: 10 · 2018: 4 · 2017: 6 · 2016: 3
FWCI: 6.54
Type: journal article
Language: en
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Topics: Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Cognitive Abilities and Testing
Social Sciences › Psychology › Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology › Developmental and Educational Neuropsychology
Physical Sciences › Mathematics › Statistics and Probability › Cognitive and developmental aspects of mathematical skills
Keywords: specific learning disabilities, WISC-IV, IQ-achievement discrepancy, general intelligence, intelligence structure, intellectual functioning, children

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