Developmental Change in the Relation Between Simple and Complex Spans: A Meta-Analysis

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1012-1025

  Tillman, Carin M ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Complex span; Development; Short term memory; Simple span; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; FACTUAL DATABASE; HUMAN; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT; MEMORY; META ANALYSIS; PHYSIOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICS; TIME;

DATABASES, FACTUAL; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT; HUMANS; MEMORY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 79960450141     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0021794     Document Type: Article

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