Assessing working memory capacity in a non-native language

Learning and Individual Differences

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 488-493

  Sanchez, Christopher A ^a   Wiley, Jennifer ^b   Miura, Timothy K ^c   Colflesh, Gregory J H ^b   Ricks, Travis R ^b   Jensen, Melinda S ^d   Conway, Andrew R A ^e  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^c LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^e PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bilingual; Individual differences; Working memory capacity

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956321399     PISSN: 10416080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lindif.2010.04.001     Document Type: Article

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