Delayed retention of new word-forms is better in children than adults regardless of language ability: A factorial two-way study

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Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Bishop, Dorothy V M ^a   Barry, Johanna G ^a,b   Hardiman, Mervyn J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; MALE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MENTAL TASK; PHONETICS; REPETITION PRIMING; SCHOOL CHILD; SPECIFIC LANGUAGE IMPAIRMENT; WORD LIST RECALL; APTITUDE; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LEARNING; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; APTITUDE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS; LEARNING; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 84861206096     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0037326     Document Type: Article

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