Effects of verbal elaborations on memory for sentences in adults with mental retardation

Research in Developmental Disabilities

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 137-150

  Cherry, Katie E ^a   Njardvik, Urdur ^a   Dawson, Jennifer E ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; LEARNING; LINGUISTICS; LONG TERM MEMORY; MEMORY; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; RECOGNITION; WORKING MEMORY;

ADULT; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; ATTENTION; EDUCATION OF MENTALLY RETARDED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; MENTAL RETARDATION; MIDDLE AGED; SEMANTICS; SHELTERED WORKSHOPS; VERBAL LEARNING;

EID: 0034603464     PISSN: 08914222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0891-4222(00)00030-5     Document Type: Article

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