Individual and developmental differences in working memory across the life span

Psychonomic Bulletin and Review

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 28-40

  Jenkins, Lisa ^a,b   Myerson, Joel ^a   Hale, Sandra ^a   Fry, Astrid F ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA WILMINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; DEPTH PERCEPTION; HUMAN; LINGUISTICS; MEMORY;

ADULT; CHILD; HUMANS; MEMORY; SPACE PERCEPTION; VOCABULARY;

EID: 0033084967     PISSN: 10699384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/BF03210810     Document Type: Article

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