Jisoon Kim, Sukhee Ahn
Impact of Menopausal Status, Metabolic Syndrome and its Risk Factors on Impaired Quality of Life above Middle-aged Women
Korean journal of women health nursing
study explores hypothesis shortterm phonological storage component working memory may play role acquisition vocabulary young children longitudinal design vocabulary skills 104 children entering school ages 4 5 tested retested 1 year later occasions phonological memory investigated requiring child repeat back nonwords varying length complexity nonverbal intelligence reading assessed using standard tests phonological memory score highly correlated vocabulary age 4 r 525 age 5 r 572 cases accounting substantial significant proportion variance predictors removed stepwise regression phonological memory age 4 also accounted significant amount variance vocabulary score age 5 accounted vocabulary score previous year although relationships necessarily correlational nature data certainly consistent view phonological memory involved acquisition new vocabulary children possible mechanisms accounting relationship discussed