Flávia H. Santos|Orlando Francisco Amodeo Bueno
Validation of the Brazilian Children's Test of Pseudoword Repetition in Portuguese speakers aged 4 to 10 years
Universidade Federal de São Paulo|Universidade Federal de São Paulo
phonological loop component working memory system specifically involved processing manipulation limited amounts information soundbased phonological nature phonological memory assessed childrens test nonword repetition cnrep english speakers portuguese speakers due phonotactic differences two languages objectives present study 1 develop brazilian childrens test pseudoword repetition bcpr portuguese version cnrep 2 validate bcpr correlation auditory digit span test stanfordbinet intelligence scale bcpr digit span assessed 182 children aged 410 years 84 minas gerais state 42 rural region 98 city paulo subject age word length effects causing repetition accuracy decline function number syllables pseudowords correlations bcpr digit span forward r 050 p 001 backward r 043 p 001 found partial correlation indicated higher bcpr scores associated higher digit span scores bcpr appears depend schooling digit span related development results demonstrate bcpr reliable measure phonological working memory similar cnrep