Short-term memory for verbal and visuospatial information in Down's syndrome

Cognitive Neuropsychiatry

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 101-122

  Jarrold, Christopher ^a   Baddeley, Alan D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0000244275     PISSN: 13546805     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/135468097396351     Document Type: Article

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