Effects of age on the temporal organization of working memory in deaf signers

Aging, Neuropsychology, and Cognition

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 360-383

  Rudner, Mary ^a   Davidsson, Lena ^a   Ronnberg, Jerker ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Deafness; Sign language; Temporal processing; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; LINGUISTICS; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; RECOGNITION; SHORT TERM MEMORY; SIGN LANGUAGE; TIME;

AGED; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DEAFNESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOLINGUISTICS; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SIGN LANGUAGE; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77951036676     PISSN: 13825585     EISSN: 17444128     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13825580903311832     Document Type: Article

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