Learning-disabled readers' working memory as a function of processing demands

Journal of Experimental Child Psychology

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 242-275

  Swanson, H Lee ^a   Ashbaker, Margaret Howell ^a   Lee, Carole ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING DISORDER; MALE; MEMORY; READING; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING DISORDERS; MALE; MEMORY; READING; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0030118618     PISSN: 00220965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jecp.1996.0016     Document Type: Article

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