Short-Term Memory, Working Memory, and Their Importance in Language Processing

Topics in Language Disorders

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 1-18

  Cowan, Nelson ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Articulatory loop; Central executive; Language impairment; Language processing; Phonological processing; Short term memory; Working memory

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030523010     PISSN: 02718294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00011363-199611000-00003     Document Type: Review

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