The Measurement of Verbal Working Memory Capacity and Its Relation to Reading Comprehension

Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology Section A: Human Experimental Psychology

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 51-79

  Waters, Gloria S ^a   Caplan, David ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; APTITUDE; ARTICLE; CONCEPT FORMATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; LONG TERM MEMORY; MALE; READING; RECALL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; APTITUDE; CONCEPT FORMATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; READING; RETENTION (PSYCHOLOGY); VERBAL LEARNING;

EID: 0030075009     PISSN: 02724987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/713755607     Document Type: Article

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