Comparing sign language and speech reveals a universal limit on short-term memory capacity

Psychological Science

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 682-683

  Wilson, Margaret ^a   Emmorey, Karen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COGNITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HUMAN; PHONETICS; SHORT TERM MEMORY; SIGN LANGUAGE; SPEECH; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

COGNITION; HUMANS; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; PHONETICS; SIGN LANGUAGE; SPEECH; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 33746820265     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9280.2006.01766.x     Document Type: Article

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