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ERIC Number: EJ382680
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1989
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Working Memory Development: The Effects of Speech Rate, Word Length, and Acoustic Similarity on Serial Recall.
Hulme, Charles; Tordoff, Vicki
Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, v47 n1 p72-87 Feb 1989
Explored mechanisms responsible for improvements in short-term memory in early to middle childhood. Recall and speech rate for acoustically similar and dissimilar words and words of differing lengths were assessed in three groups of children of 4 to 10 years. (RH)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Articulation (Speech), Children, Cognitive Development, Foreign Countries, Recall (Psychology)
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Acoustic Similarity; England; Speech Rate; Word Length