The Nature of Working Memory for Braille

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2010, Pages

  Cohen, Henri ^a,b,c   Voss, Patrice ^d   Lepore, Franco ^d   Scherzer, Peter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c Quebec Memory and Motor Skills Disorders Research Center   (Canada)

^d CENTRE DE RECHERCHE EN NEUROPSYCHOLOGIE ET COGNITION   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARITHMETIC; ARTICLE; BRAILLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LEARNING STYLE; MALE; MENTAL CONCENTRATION; MENTAL TASK; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; SPATIAL MEMORY; TACTILE MEMORY; TASK PERFORMANCE; VERBAL MEMORY; VISUAL MEMORY; VISUAL STIMULATION; WORKING MEMORY; ADOLESCENT; BLINDNESS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SHORT TERM MEMORY; SPEECH ANALYSIS; TOUCH; VISION;

BREDA VIRUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BLINDNESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MIDDLE AGED; SPEECH ARTICULATION TESTS; TOUCH; VISION, OCULAR; VISUALLY IMPAIRED PERSONS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77956273699     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0010833     Document Type: Article

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