Working memory, intelligence and reading ability in children

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1007-1020

  De Jonge, Peter ^a   De Jong, Peter F ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

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EID: 0030527312     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0191-8869(96)00161-4     Document Type: Article

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