Short-term Memory Impairment and Arithmetical Ability

Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology Section A: Human Experimental Psychology

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 251-262

  Butterworth, Brian ^a,b   Cipolotti, Lisa ^a   Warrington, Elizabeth K ^a  

^a NATIONAL HOSPITAL FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMNESIA; APTITUDE; ARTICLE; ATAXIC APHASIA; ATTENTION; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; MATHEMATICS; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SHORT TERM MEMORY; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

AMNESIA; APHASIA, BROCA; APTITUDE; ATTENTION; HUMANS; MALE; MATHEMATICS; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PROBLEM SOLVING; SERIAL LEARNING; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

EID: 0030074962     PISSN: 02724987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/713755603     Document Type: Article

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