The development of children's early memory skills

Journal of Experimental Child Psychology

Volumn 108, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 44-60

  Haden, Catherine A ^a   Ornstein, Peter A ^b   O'Brien, Barbara S ^a   Elischberger, Holger B ^c   Tyler, Caroline S ^b   Burchinal, Margaret J ^b  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c ALBION COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive development; Deliberate memory; Event memory; Language skills; Longitudinal study; Nonverbal memory; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MALE; SHORT TERM MEMORY; TASK PERFORMANCE;

FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 77957914337     PISSN: 00220965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jecp.2010.06.007     Document Type: Article

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