The evolution of working memory

Working Memory: The Connected Intelligence

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 37-60

  Coolidge, Fred L ^a   Wynn, Thomas ^a   Overmann, Karenleigh A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203094600     Document Type: Chapter

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