The relationships among verbal short-term memory, phonological awareness, and new word learning: Evidence from typical development and Down syndrome

Journal of Experimental Child Psychology

Volumn 102, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 196-218

  Jarrold, Christopher ^a   Thorn, Annabel S C ^a   Stephens, Emma ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Down syndrome; New word learning; Phonological awareness; Verbal short term memory; Vocabulary acquisition

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LEARNING; LINGUISTICS; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHONETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECOGNITION; SHORT TERM MEMORY; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AWARENESS; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; PHONETICS; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SERIAL LEARNING; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; VERBAL LEARNING; VOCABULARY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 56549111641     PISSN: 00220965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jecp.2008.07.001     Document Type: Article

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