Components of short-term memory and their relation to language processing evidence from neuropsychology and neuroimaging

Current Directions in Psychological Science

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 204-208

  Martin, Randi C ^a  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Language production; Neuropsychology; Sentence comprehension; Short term memory; Verbal learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 27744576186     PISSN: 09637214     EISSN: 14678721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0963-7214.2005.00365.x     Document Type: Article

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