The phonological similarity effect on memory span in children: Does it depend on age, speech rate, and articulatory suppression?

International Journal of Behavioral Development

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 145-152

  Hasselhorn, Marcus ^a   Grube, Dietmar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

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Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; PHONETICS; REVIEW; SCHOOL CHILD; SPEECH ANALYSIS; SPEECH ARTICULATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; VERBAL MEMORY; WORD RECOGNITION;

EID: 0037372231     PISSN: 01650254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01650250244000146     Document Type: Review

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