Suppressing irrelevant information from working memory: Evidence for domain-specific deficits in poor comprehenders

Journal of Memory and Language

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 380-391

  Pimperton, Hannah ^a   Nation, Kate ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cognitive inhibition; Domain specific; Poor comprehenders; Proactive interference; Reading comprehension; Suppression; Working memory

Indexed keywords

EID: 77949875294     PISSN: 0749596X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jml.2010.02.005     Document Type: Article

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