Determinants of the word length effect in children;Origine de l'effet longueur de mots en mémoire à court terme verbale chez l'enfant

Psychologie Francaise

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 343-356

  Monnier, C ^a   Ejarque, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PAUL VALÉRY   (France)

Author keywords

Development; Verbal short term memory; Word length effect

Indexed keywords

EID: 48349142504     PISSN: 00332984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psfr.2007.11.002     Document Type: Article

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