Effects of general processing capacity and sustained selective attention on temporal processing performance of children with specific language impairment

Applied Psycholinguistics

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 75-93

  Hanson, Rebecca A ^b   Montgomery, James W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b University of North Carolina ^*

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EID: 0036524619     PISSN: 01427164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0142716402000048     Document Type: Article

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