The relationship between visual-spatial and auditory-verbal working memory span in Senegalese and Ugandan children

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Boivin, Michael J ^a,b   Bangirana, Paul ^c   Smith, Rebecca C ^d  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^c MAKERERE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Uganda)

^d Chestnut Hills Professional School of Psychology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY MEMORY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL BIAS; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEPTH PERCEPTION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HAND MOVEMENT; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE TEST; KAUFMAN ASSESSMENT BATTERY FOR CHILDREN; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; SENEGAL; SPATIAL MEMORY; TASK PERFORMANCE; UGANDA; VERBAL MEMORY; VISUAL MEMORY; WORKING MEMORY; HEARING; MEMORY; VISION;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HEARING; HUMANS; MEMORY; SENEGAL; UGANDA; VISION, OCULAR;

EID: 77952511963     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0008914     Document Type: Article

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