Relation of three mechanisms of working memory to children's complex span performance

International Journal of Behavioral Development

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 460-469

  Magimairaj, Beula ^a   Montgomery, James ^a   Marinellie, Sally ^a   McCarthy, John ^a  

^a OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attentional allocation; Children; Processing speed; Short term memory; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LANGUAGE PROCESSING; MALE; MENTAL FUNCTION; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; SHORT TERM MEMORY; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORD RECOGNITION; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 69149103706     PISSN: 01650254     EISSN: 14640651     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0165025409340091     Document Type: Article

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