Working Memory and Deafness: Implications for Cognitive Development and Functioning

Traditional conceptualizations of working memory (WM) make a number of well-founded assumptions about cognitive phenomena. Visuo-spatial and verbal processes are viewed as separable, and a sound-based phonological code is believed to underlie the processing of language. For deaf individuals, however...

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Main Authors: Keehner, Madeleine, Atkinson, J.
Format: Book Chapter
Published: Academic Press 2006
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/40585