Working memory, intelligence, and learning disabilities

Handbook of Understanding and Measuring Intelligence

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 409-430

  Swanson, H Lee ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4135/9781452233529.n23     Document Type: Chapter

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