Modality specificity of memory span tasks among Zairian children: A developmental perspective

Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 375-384

  Conant, Lisa L ^a   Fastenau, Philip S ^b   Giordani, Bruno ^b   Boivin, Michael J ^b   Opel, Bikayi ^b   Nseyila, Diawaku Dia ^b  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^b Med Coll of Wisconsin Clin at F ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC CONGO; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MALE; MEMORY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISUAL MEMORY;

AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAOS; MALE; MEMORY; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; UNITED STATES; VISION;

EID: 0032878717     PISSN: 13803395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/jcen.21.3.375.912     Document Type: Article

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