Individual differences in children's memory and reading comprehension: An investigation of semantic and inhibitory deficits

Memory

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 553-569

  Cain, Kate ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPREHENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERROR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; READING; RECALL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEMANTICS; SHORT TERM MEMORY; TASK PERFORMANCE; VERBAL MEMORY; WORKING MEMORY;

CHILD; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; COGNITION; COMPREHENSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MENTAL RECALL; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; READING; SEMANTICS; VERBAL LEARNING; VOCABULARY;

EID: 33745100239     PISSN: 09658211     EISSN: 14640686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09658210600624481     Document Type: Article

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