Working Memory and Language

by Alan Baddeley, Susan E. Gathercole, Alan D. Baddeley

Book Overview

This book evaluates the involvement of working memory in five central aspects of language processing: vocabulary acquisition, speech production, reading development, skilled reading, and comprehension. The authors draw upon experimental, neuropsychological and developmental evidence in a wide-ranging evaluation of the contribution of two components of working memory to each aspect of language. The two components are the phonological loop, which...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 086377265X
• ISBN13: 9780863772658
• Release Date: June 1993
• Publisher: Psychology Press
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"