The effect of time on word learning: An examination of decay of the memory trace and vocal rehearsal in children with and without specific language impairment

Journal of Communication Disorders

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 640-654

  Alt, Mary ^a   Spaulding, Tammie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Decay of memory trace; Fast mapping; Specific language impairment (SLI); Strategy use; Vocal rehearsal; Word learning

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPENDENT VARIABLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; LEARNING; LINGUISTICS; MALE; MEMORY; PHONETICS; PROBABILITY; RECOGNITION; SCHOOL CHILD; SHORT TERM MEMORY; VOCALIZATION; WORD RECOGNITION; WORKING MEMORY;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD LANGUAGE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS; MALE; PRACTICE (PSYCHOLOGY); RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); TIME FACTORS; VERBAL LEARNING; VOCABULARY;

EID: 80755175926     PISSN: 00219924     EISSN: 18737994     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcomdis.2011.07.001     Document Type: Article

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