Phonological, visual, and semantic coding strategies and children's short-term picture memory span

Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology

Volumn 65, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 2033-2053

  Henry, Lucy A ^a   Messer, David ^b   Luger Klein, Scarlett ^a   Crane, Laura ^a  

^a LONDON SOUTH BANK UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Memory development; Phonological, visual, and semantic similarity effects; Picture memory span; Typical children; Word length effects

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; PHONETICS; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REACTION TIME; RECOGNITION; SELF REPORT; SEMANTICS; SHORT TERM MEMORY; TIME; VISION;

AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; PHONETICS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SELF REPORT; SEMANTICS; TIME FACTORS; VERBAL LEARNING; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84867213668     PISSN: 17470218     EISSN: 17470226     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17470218.2012.672997     Document Type: Article

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