Working memory abilities and children's performance in laboratory analogues of classroom activities

Applied Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1019-1037

  Gathercole, Susan E ^a,b   Durling, Emily ^b   Evans, Matthew ^b   Jeffcock, Sarah ^b   Stone, Sarah ^b  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 60849086779     PISSN: 08884080     EISSN: 10990720     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/acp.1407     Document Type: Article

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