Exploring the relationship between word processing and verbal short-term memory: Evidence from associations and dissociations

Cognitive Neuropsychology

Volumn 21, Issue 2-4, 2004, Pages 213-228

  Martin, Nadine ^a   Gupta, Prahlad ^b  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APHASIA; ASSOCIATION; COGNITION; COMPREHENSION; DATA ANALYSIS; DYSPHASIA; ERROR; HUMAN; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; LEARNING; LINGUISTICS; MODEL; PHONETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; REVIEW; SEMANTICS; SHORT TERM MEMORY; TASK PERFORMANCE; VERBAL MEMORY; WORD RECOGNITION;

EID: 1842524120     PISSN: 02643294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02643290342000447     Document Type: Review

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