Working Memory and Language

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.

List of contents

Introduction to Working Memory. The Development of Working Memory. Vocabulary Acquisition. Speech Production. Introduction to Reading Development. Phonological Processing and Reading Development. Visual Word Recognition. Language Comprehension. Theoretical and Practical Issues.

About the author

Gathercole, Susan E.; Baddeley, Alan D.

Summary

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.

Product details

• Authors: Alan D Baddeley, Alan D. Baddeley, Susan E Gathercole, Susan E. Gathercole, Gathercole Susan E.
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 09.06.1993
• EAN: 9780863772658
• ISBN: 978-0-86377-265-8
• No. of pages: 280
• Weight: 453 g
• Series: Essays in Cognitive Psychology
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Psychology: general, reference works; memory, PSYCHOLOGY / General, PSYCHOLOGY / Cognitive Psychology & Cognition, Psycholinguistics, Cognition and cognitive psychology, Psycholinguistics and cognitive linguistics