Phonological memory, attention control, and musical ability: Effects of individual differences on rater judgments of second language speech

Applied Psycholinguistics

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 113-140

  Isaacs, Talia ^a,b   Trofimovich, Pavel ^b,c  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Systematic Reviews Project Manager Centre for the Study of Learning and Performance   (Canada)

^c Dept of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (Canada)

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EID: 79951769176     PISSN: 01427164     EISSN: 14691817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0142716410000317     Document Type: Article

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