Short-term memory and working memory in children as a function of language-specific knowledge in English and Spanish

Learning and Individual Differences

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 299-319

  Lanfranchi, Silvia ^a   Swanson, H Lee ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Short term memory; Working memory bilingualism

Indexed keywords

EID: 28244453742     PISSN: 10416080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lindif.2005.05.003     Document Type: Article

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