Working memory abilities in children with special educational needs

Educational and Child Psychology

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 56-67

  Alloway, Tracy Packiam ^a   Gathercole, Susan Elizabeth ^b   Adams, Anne Marie ^b   Willis, Catherine ^b  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

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EID: 33750999161     PISSN: 02671611     EISSN: 23968702     Source Type: Book Series    
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