Assessment of working memory in six- and seven-year-old children

Journal of Educational Psychology

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 377-390

  Gathercole, Susan E ^a   Pickering, Susan J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0034195042     PISSN: 00220663     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-0663.92.2.377     Document Type: Article

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