Effects of verbal working memory and cumulative linguistic knowledge on reading comprehension

Japanese Psychological Research

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 12-23

  Jincho, Nobuyuki ^a,b   Namiki, Hiroshi ^a   Mazuka, Reiko ^b,c  

^a WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b RIKEN BRAIN SCIENCE INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cumulative linguistic knowledge; Individual differences; Kanji reading ability; Reading comprehension; Verbal working memory

Indexed keywords

EID: 38949216036     PISSN: 00215368     EISSN: 14685884     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-5884.2007.00358.x     Document Type: Article

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