Information processing by school-age children with specific language impairment: Evidence from a modality effect paradigm

Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 913-926

  Gillam, Ronald B ^a,c   Cowan, Nelson ^b   Marler, Jeffrey A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^c Prog in Commun Sci and Disorders   (United States)

Author keywords

Capacity limitations; Memory; Phonological coding; Retrieval strategies; Specific language impairment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; MALE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; PHONETICS; RECALL; SHORT TERM MEMORY; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 0031872344     PISSN: 10924388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/jslhr.4104.913     Document Type: Article

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