The Reading Span as a measure of working memory capacity: Norms based on a French speaking population of 775 younger and older adults;L'Empan de lecture comme épreuve mesurant la capacité de mémoire de travail : normes basées sur une population francophone de 775 adultes jeunes et âgés

Revue europeenne de psychologie appliquee

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 89-103

  Delaloye, C ^a   Ludwig, C ^b   Borella, E ^c   Chicherio, C ^d   de Ribaupierre, A ^b  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Complex span task; Neuropsychological assessment; Working memory

Indexed keywords

EID: 44649189767     PISSN: 11629088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.erap.2006.12.004     Document Type: Article

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