The puzzle of working memory for sign language

Trends in Cognitive Sciences

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 521-523

  Emmorey, Karen ^a   Wilson, Margaret ^b  

^a SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL TESTING; SIGN LANGUAGE; SIGNED DIGITS;

AUDIO EQUIPMENT; SIGNS; VISUAL COMMUNICATION;

SPEECH;

AUDITORY STIMULATION; AUDITORY SYSTEM; FINGER; RECALL; SHORT SURVEY; SHORT TERM MEMORY; SIGN LANGUAGE; SPEECH; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VERBAL COMMUNICATION; VISUAL STIMULATION; VISUAL SYSTEM; WORKING MEMORY;

AUDITORY PERCEPTION; COGNITION; HUMANS; MEMORY; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; SIGN LANGUAGE; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 8844243324     PISSN: 13646613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tics.2004.10.009     Document Type: Short Survey

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