What can we learn about immediate memory from the development of children's free recall?

Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology

Volumn 68, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 1871-1894

  Jarrold, Christopher ^a   Hall, Debbora ^a   Harvey, Caroline E ^a   Tam, Helen ^a   Towse, John N ^b   Zarandi, Amy L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Free recall; Immediate memory development; Primary memory

Indexed keywords

CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RECALL; SHORT TERM MEMORY;

CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MENTAL RECALL; VERBAL LEARNING;

EID: 84937522494     PISSN: 17470218     EISSN: 17470226     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17470218.2014.995110     Document Type: Article

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