Memory and language skills in simultaneous interpreters: The role of expertise and language proficiency

Journal of Memory and Language

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 324-345

  Christoffels, Ingrid K ^a,b   de Groot, Annette M B ^b   Kroll, Judith F ^c  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bilingualism; Expertise; Picture naming; Simultaneous interpreting; Translation; Working memory

Indexed keywords

EID: 33244477403     PISSN: 0749596X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jml.2005.12.004     Document Type: Article

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