Short-term memory and working memory in children with blindness: Support for a domain general or domain specific system?

Child Neuropsychology

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 280-294

  Swanson, H Lee ^a   Luxenberg, Diana ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Blindness; Short term memory; Visual impairment; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BLINDNESS; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; PHONETICS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; SHORT TERM MEMORY; VERBAL COMMUNICATION; VERBAL MEMORY; VISUAL INFORMATION; WORKING MEMORY; APTITUDE TEST; COMPARATIVE STUDY; LEARNING; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; REFERENCE VALUE; STATISTICS; WECHSLER INTELLIGENCE SCALE;

ADOLESCENT; APTITUDE TESTS; BLINDNESS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PHONETICS; PSYCHOMETRICS; REFERENCE VALUES; SERIAL LEARNING; VERBAL LEARNING; WECHSLER SCALES;

EID: 67649674986     PISSN: 09297049     EISSN: 17444136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09297040802524206     Document Type: Article

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