Specific Language Impairment in Children Is Not Due to a Short-Term Memory Deficit: Response to Gathercole & Baddeley

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Gathercole Volume 38Issue 2April 1995Pages: 466-472 Get Permissions Add to your Mendeley library HistoryReceived: Dec 12, 1994Accepted: Jan 30, 1995 Published in issue: Apr 1, 1995 Metrics Topicsasha-topicsasha-article-typesCopyright & PermissionsCopyright © 1995 American Speech-Language-Hearing AssociationPDF downloadLoading ...