The dynamics of free recall and their relation to rehearsal between 8 and 10 years of age

Child Development

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 1006-1020

  Lehmann, Martin ^a   Hasselhorn, Marcus ^a  

^a GERMAN INSTITUTE FOR INTERNATIONAL EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION; REACTION TIME; READING; RECALL; SHORT TERM MEMORY; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

ASSOCIATION LEARNING; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MENTAL RECALL; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PRACTICE (PSYCHOLOGY); REACTION TIME; READING; SERIAL LEARNING; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

EID: 77953760567     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: 14678624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2010.01448.x     Document Type: Article

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