Memory for relevant and irrelevant information: Evidence for deficient inhibitory processes in language/learning disabled children

Contemporary Educational Psychology

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 447-466

  Lorsbach, Thomas C ^a   Wilson, Sherry ^a   Reimer, Jason F ^a   Lorsbach, Tom ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA AT OMAHA   (United States)

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EID: 0030268683     PISSN: 0361476X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/ceps.1996.0030     Document Type: Article

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