Short-term memory development: Differences in serial position curves between age groups and latent classes

Journal of Experimental Child Psychology

Volumn 126, Issue , 2014, Pages 138-151

  Koppenol Gonzalez, Gabriela V ^a   Bouwmeester, Samantha ^b   Vermunt, Jeroen K ^a  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cognitive development; Individual differences; Latent class analysis; Methodology; Short term memory; Similarity effect

Indexed keywords

AGE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; LEARNING; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SHORT TERM MEMORY;

AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; SERIAL LEARNING;

EID: 84902337657     PISSN: 00220965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jecp.2014.04.002     Document Type: Article

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