The development of rehearsal in verbal short-term memory

Child Development Perspectives

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 182-186

  Jarrold, Christopher ^a   Hall, Debbora ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Immediate serial recall; Rehearsal; Short term memory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84881617442     PISSN: 17508592     EISSN: 17508606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cdep.12034     Document Type: Article

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