Modality effects and the development of the word length effect in children

Memory

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 1-17

  Henry, Lucy A ^a   Turner, Judy E ^b   Smith, Philip T ^b   Leather, Cathy ^b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CHILD; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEMORY; NORMAL HUMAN; PHONETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPONSE TIME; VERBALIZATION; VISUAL STIMULATION; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 0034129116     PISSN: 09658211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/096582100387678     Document Type: Article

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