The Contribution of Attentional Control and Working Memory to Reading Comprehension and Decoding

Scientific Studies of Reading

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 325-346

  Arrington, C Nikki ^a   Kulesz, Paulina A ^a   Francis, David J ^a   Fletcher, Jack M ^a   Barnes, Marcia A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

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EID: 84904468642     PISSN: 10888438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10888438.2014.902461     Document Type: Article

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