Investigating the central executive in adult dyslexics: Evidence from phonological and visuospatial working memory performance

European Journal of Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 567-587

  Smith Spark, James H ^a   Fisk, John E ^b   Fawcett, Angela J ^b   Nicolson, Roderick I ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; DYSLEXIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MEMORY DISORDER; PHONETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECALL; SHORT TERM MEMORY; SPATIAL MEMORY; TASK PERFORMANCE; VERBAL MEMORY; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 0142136612     PISSN: 09541446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09541440340000024     Document Type: Article

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