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Peer reviewedReid, Barbara; Kiernan, Chris – American Journal of Mental Deficiency, 1979
To better understand the mechanisms underlying encoding, manual signs and spoken words were presented in a short term memory task to six severely retarded children (11 to 14 years old). It was found that manual signs were encoded differently from spoken words for short term memory storage. (Author/PHR)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Exceptional Child Research, Language Acquisition, Manual Communication
