On interpreters’ working memory and executive control

International Journal of Bilingualism

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 297-314

  Hiltunen, Sinikka ^a   Pääkkönen, Rauni ^b   Vik, Gun Viol ^c   Krause, Christina M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b Municipality of Sipoo   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VAASA   (Finland)

Author keywords

cocktail party dichotic listening; consecutive interpreter; executive control; Free recall; simultaneous interpreter

Indexed keywords

EID: 84971525498     PISSN: 13670069     EISSN: 17566878     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1367006914554406     Document Type: Article

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