A visuospatial 'phonological loop' in working memory: Evidence from American Sign Language

Memory and Cognition

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 313-320

  Wilson, Margaret ^a   Emmorey, Karen ^a  

^a SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HUMAN; PHONETICS; SIGN LANGUAGE; SPATIAL MEMORY; VISUAL MEMORY; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 0030946842     PISSN: 0090502X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/BF03211287     Document Type: Article

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