Long-term memory: A review and meta-analysis of studies of declarative and procedural memory in specific language impairment

Topics in Language Disorders

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 282-297

  Lum, Jarrad A G ^a   Conti Ramsden, Gina ^b  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Declarative memory; Procedural memory; Specific language impairment; Working memory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84887869483     PISSN: 02718294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.TLD.0000437939.01237.6a     Document Type: Review

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