Effects of modality presentation on working memory in school-age children: Evidence for the pictorial superiority hypothesis

Child Neuropsychology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 173-196

  Constantinidou, Fofi ^a   Danos, Molly A ^b   Nelson, Daniel ^c   Baker, Susan ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CYPRUS   (Cyprus)

^b Douglas Country School District   (United States)

^c CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Age effects; Children; Depression; Stimulus modality; Verbal learning; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; HEARING; HUMAN; LEARNING; MAJOR DEPRESSION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SHORT TERM MEMORY; VISION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADOLESCENT; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; HUMANS; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; PHOTIC STIMULATION; VERBAL LEARNING; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 79952029776     PISSN: 09297049     EISSN: 17444136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09297049.2010.525503     Document Type: Article

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