Working memory: The what, the why, and the how

Australian Educational and Developmental Psychologist

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 105-118

  Alloway, Tracy Packiam ^a   Copello, Evan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

IQ; learning; math; reading; working memory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84891872615     PISSN: 08165122     EISSN: 18392504     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/edp.2013.13     Document Type: Article

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