The Phonological Loop as a Language Learning Device

Psychological Review

Volumn 105, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 158-173

  Baddeley, Alan ^a   Gathercole, Susan ^a   Papagno, Costanza ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

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ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; HUMAN; LEARNING; LINGUISTICS; PHONETICS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; REVIEW; SHORT TERM MEMORY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; LEARNING; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PHONETICS; PSYCHOLINGUISTICS; VOCABULARY;

EID: 0031607784     PISSN: 0033295X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0033-295X.105.1.158     Document Type: Article

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