Global processing speed as a mediator of developmental changes in children's auditory memory span

Journal of Experimental Child Psychology

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 89-112

  Ferguson, Angela N ^a   Bowey, Judith A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Global processing speed; Long term memory; Memory span; Speech rate

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; COHORT ANALYSIS; HEARING; HUMAN; LINGUISTICS; MEMORY; PHONETICS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REACTION TIME; SPEECH; SPEECH ANALYSIS; TIME; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; WECHSLER INTELLIGENCE SCALE;

ADOLESCENT; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; COHORT STUDIES; HUMANS; MEMORY; PHONETICS; REACTION TIME; SPEECH; SPEECH PRODUCTION MEASUREMENT; TIME FACTORS; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; VOCABULARY; WECHSLER SCALES;

EID: 18344364292     PISSN: 00220965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jecp.2004.12.006     Document Type: Article

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