The development and impairment of working memory

Revue de Neuropsychologie

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 417-439

  Thorn, Annabel S C ^a   Gathercole, Susan E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Development; Neuropsychological impairment; Short term memory; Working memory

Indexed keywords

EID: 0040183830     PISSN: 11554452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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