The effect of presentation rate on serial memory in young children with specific language impairment

Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1375-1383

  Fazio, Barbara B ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Preschool children; Serial memory; Short term memory; Specific language impairment; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; MALE; PHONETICS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RELIABILITY; SCREENING; SHORT TERM MEMORY; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VERBAL COMMUNICATION; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 0031675349     PISSN: 10924388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/jslhr.4106.1375     Document Type: Article

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