Digit span changes from puberty to old age under different levels of education

Developmental Neuropsychology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 423-453

  Karakaş, Sirel ^a   Yalin, Ayşe ^b   Irak, Metehan ^a   Erzengin, Ö Utku ^a  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; COGNITION; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEMORY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; SENESCENCE; SHORT TERM MEMORY; VISUAL STIMULATION; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 0036965661     PISSN: 87565641     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/S15326942DN2202_1     Document Type: Article

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