What does Daneman and Carpenter's reading span really measure?

Perceptual and Motor Skills

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 603-608

  Hupet, Michel ^a   Desmette, Donatienne ^a   Schelstraete, Marie Anne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; RANDOMIZATION; READING; SHORT TERM MEMORY; SPEECH; TASK PERFORMANCE; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

ADULT; ATTENTION; HUMANS; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; RANDOM ALLOCATION; READING; SPEECH; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0031116431     PISSN: 00315125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pms.1997.84.2.603     Document Type: Article

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