Do Two Separate Speech Measures Constrain Verbal Short-Term Memory in Children?

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1626-1637

  Jarrold, Christopher ^a   Hewes, Alexa K ^a   Baddeley, Alan D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL FUNCTION; SHORT TERM MEMORY; SPEECH;

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

EID: 0034330205     PISSN: 02787393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0278-7393.26.6.1626     Document Type: Article

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