The relationship between visuospatial sketchpad capacity and children's mathematical skills

European Journal of Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 272-289

  Holmes, Joni ^a   Adams, John W ^b   Hamilton, Colin J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MATHEMATICS; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SKILL; SPATIAL MEMORY; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL MEMORY; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 38949188572     PISSN: 09541446     EISSN: 14640635     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09541440701612702     Document Type: Article

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