Literacy: Exploring working memory systems

Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 369-377

  Silva, Catarina ^a,b   Faísca, Luís ^c   Ingvar, Martin ^d   Petersson, Karl Magnus ^c,d,e   Reis, Alexandra ^c  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b INSTITUTO UNIVERSITÁRIO DE LISBOA ISCTE IUL   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALGARVE   (Portugal)

^d KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^e MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR PSYCHOLINGUISTICS   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Central executive; Illiteracy; Literacy; Phonological loop; Reading skills; Visuospatial sketchpad; Working memory; Writing skills

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; READING; SHORT TERM MEMORY;

AGED; COGNITION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; READING;

EID: 84859195968     PISSN: 13803395     EISSN: 1744411X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13803395.2011.645017     Document Type: Article

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