Vocabulary learning in primary school children: Working memory and long-term memory components

Journal of Experimental Child Psychology

Volumn 104, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 156-178

  Morra, Sergio ^a   Camba, Roberta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Attentional capacity; Nonword learning; Phonological memory; Phonological sensitivity; Vocabulary acquisition; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; ITALY; LEARNING; LINGUISTICS; MALE; MEMORY; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHONETICS; RECALL; SHORT TERM MEMORY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ATTENTION; CHILD; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MEMORY; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MENTAL RECALL; PHONETICS; VERBAL LEARNING; VOCABULARY;

EID: 67649488055     PISSN: 00220965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jecp.2009.03.007     Document Type: Article

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