Working Memory in Children: A Cognitive Approach

Lifespan Cognition: Mechanisms of Change

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages

  Hitch, Graham J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adults; Children; Cognitive functions; Cognitive skills; Information processing; Knowledge acquisition; Span tasks; Working memory

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EID: 84920425231     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195169539.003.0008     Document Type: Chapter

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