Interactive effects of working memory span and text context on reading comprehension and retrieval

Learning and Individual Differences

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 215-231

  Di Vesta, Francis J ^a   Di Cintio, Matthew J ^a  

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EID: 0012120380     PISSN: 10416080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1041-6080(97)90007-8     Document Type: Article

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