Attention allocation: Relationships to general working memory or specific language processing

Journal of Experimental Child Psychology

Volumn 139, Issue , 2015, Pages 83-98

  Archibald, Lisa M D ^a   Levee, Tyler ^a   Olino, Thomas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Central executive; Executive attention; Language processing; Selective attention; Specific language impairment; Updating; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ATTENTION; CHILD; COGNITION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; RECALL; SHORT TERM MEMORY;

ATTENTION; CHILD; COGNITION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MENTAL RECALL; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REACTION TIME;

EID: 84934934978     PISSN: 00220965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jecp.2015.06.002     Document Type: Article

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