The Differential Maturation of Two Processing Rates Related to Digit Span

Journal of Experimental Child Psychology

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 193-209

  Cowan, Nelson ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Articulation; Memory search; Processing rates; Processing speeds; Rehearsal; Short term memory; Speech pauses; Working memory

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL FUNCTION; PHYSIOLOGY; SHORT TERM MEMORY; SPEECH;

AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MENTAL PROCESSES; SPEECH;

EID: 0033092369     PISSN: 00220965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jecp.1998.2486     Document Type: Article

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