Children's inference generation: The role of vocabulary and working memory

Journal of Experimental Child Psychology

Volumn 137, Issue , 2015, Pages 57-75

  Currie, Nicola Kate ^a   Cain, Kate ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Global coherence; Inference; Local coherence; School aged children; Vocabulary; Working memory

Indexed keywords

CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COMPREHENSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LINGUISTICS; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SHORT TERM MEMORY; THINKING;

CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMPREHENSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; THINKING; VOCABULARY;

EID: 84928682043     PISSN: 00220965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jecp.2015.03.005     Document Type: Article

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