Time and resource limits on working memory: Cross-age consistency in counting span performance

Journal of Experimental Child Psychology

Volumn 86, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 303-313

  Ransdell, Sarah ^a   Hecht, Steven ^a  

^a FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Counting span; Memory capacity; Memory decay; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MATHEMATICS; MEMORY; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL;

CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MATHEMATICS; MEMORY; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 0242635983     PISSN: 00220965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jecp.2003.08.002     Document Type: Article

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