Development of working memory in childhood

The Development of Memory in Infancy and Childhood: Second Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 303-342

  Cowan, Nelson ^a   Alloway, Tracy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203934654     Document Type: Chapter

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