Poor phonemic discrimination does not underlie poor verbal short-term memory in Down syndrome

Journal of Experimental Child Psychology

Volumn 115, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-15

  Purser, Harry R M ^a   Jarrold, Christopher ^b  

^a KINGSTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Down syndrome; Language; Memory; Phonemic discrimination; Phonological; Recognition; Short term memory; Verbal

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; LINGUISTICS; MALE; PERCEPTION; PHONETICS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECOGNITION; REFERENCE VALUE; SHORT TERM MEMORY; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; PHONETICS; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); REFERENCE VALUES; SPEECH PERCEPTION; VERBAL LEARNING; VOCABULARY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84874503384     PISSN: 00220965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jecp.2012.12.010     Document Type: Article

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