The role of working memory in the development of emotion comprehension

British Journal of Developmental Psychology

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 744-764

  Morra, Sergio ^a   Parrella, Ilaria ^a   Camba, Roberta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPREHENSION; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LINGUISTICS; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SHORT TERM MEMORY; TASK PERFORMANCE;

AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMPREHENSION; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; LINGUISTICS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 80054061280     PISSN: 0261510X     EISSN: 2044835X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/2044-835X.002006     Document Type: Article

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