The contribution of short-term memory for serial order to early reading acquisition: Evidence from a longitudinal study

Journal of Experimental Child Psychology

Volumn 111, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 708-723

  Martinez Perez, Trecy ^a,b   Majerus, Steve ^a,b   Poncelet, Martine ^b  

^a FNRS   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Decoding skills French; Phonological awareness; Reading development; Serial order processing; Verbal short term memory

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; CHILD; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LEARNING; LINGUISTICS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHONETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REACTION TIME; READING; SHORT TERM MEMORY; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

AGE FACTORS; BELGIUM; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; LINGUISTICS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; PHONETICS; REACTION TIME; READING; SERIAL LEARNING; SPEECH PERCEPTION; VERBAL LEARNING;

EID: 84857139916     PISSN: 00220965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jecp.2011.11.007     Document Type: Article

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