Long-Term Effects of Gestures on Memory for Foreign Language Words Trained in the Classroom

Mind, Brain, and Education

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 74-88

  Macedonia, Manuela ^a,b   Klimesch, Wolfgang ^c  

^a JOHANNES KEPLER UNIVERSITY LINZ   (Austria)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN COGNITIVE AND BRAIN SCIENCES   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

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EID: 84899747819     PISSN: 17512271     EISSN: 1751228X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mbe.12047     Document Type: Article

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