Rehearsal and the development of working memory

Cognitive Development and Working Memory: A Dialogue between Neo-Piagetian Theories and Cognitive Approaches

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 177-199

  Jarrold, Chris ^a   Tam, Helen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

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