The association between auditory memory span and speech rate in children from kindergarten to sixth grade

Journal of Experimental Child Psychology

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 141-156

  Ferguson, Angela N ^a   Bowey, Judith A ^a   Tilley, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Memory span; Speech rate; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; PAIRED ASSOCIATE LEARNING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RECALL; SPEECH ANALYSIS; SPEECH PERCEPTION; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; PAIRED-ASSOCIATE LEARNING; SERIAL LEARNING; SPEECH PERCEPTION; SPEECH PRODUCTION MEASUREMENT; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0036002842     PISSN: 00220965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jecp.2001.2646     Document Type: Article

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