The nature of working memory in linguistic, arithmetic and spatial integration processes

Journal of Memory and Language

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 246-269

  Fedorenko, Evelina ^a   Gibson, Edward ^a   Rohde, Douglas ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Domain specificity; Language processing; Working memory

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846320850     PISSN: 0749596X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jml.2006.06.007     Document Type: Article

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