Is the phonological loop responsible for intelligence-related differences in forward digit span?

American Journal on Mental Retardation

Volumn 103, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 1-11

  Conners, Frances A ^a,b   Carr, Michael D ^a   Willis, Sandra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; LANGUAGE ABILITY; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MODEL; READING; REVIEW; TASK PERFORMANCE; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

ATTENTION; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; MENTAL RETARDATION; PHONETICS; REFERENCE VALUES; SERIAL LEARNING; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

EID: 0031849548     PISSN: 08958017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1352/0895-8017(1998)103<0001:ITPLRF>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Review

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