Meta-analysis on the relation between reading and working memory

Psychological Bulletin

Volumn 144, Issue 1, 2018, Pages 48-76

  Peng, Peng ^a   Barnes, Marcia ^b   Wang, CuiCui ^c   Wang, Wei ^d   Li, Shan ^c   Swanson, H Lee ^e   Dardick, William ^f   Tao, Sha ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive load; Dual process theory; Grade level; Reading; Working memory

Indexed keywords

CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; PHYSIOLOGY; READING; SHORT TERM MEMORY;

CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; HUMANS; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; READING;

EID: 85032579904     PISSN: 00332909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/bul0000124     Document Type: Article

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