Verbal and Spatial Short-Term Memory: Common Sources of Developmental Change?

Journal of Experimental Child Psychology

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 7-44

  Chuah, Y M Lisa ^a   Maybery, Murray T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Articulation rate; Changing state; Memory development; Processing speed; Short term memory; Spatial memory; Verbal memory; Working memory

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SHORT TERM MEMORY;

AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPACE PERCEPTION; VERBAL LEARNING;

EID: 0033129332     PISSN: 00220965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jecp.1999.2493     Document Type: Article

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