Modeling Item Length Effects in Memory Span: No Rehearsal Needed?

Journal of Memory and Language

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 1995, Pages 594-621

  Brown, Gordon D A ^a   Hulme, Charles ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0001374776     PISSN: 0749596X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmla.1995.1027     Document Type: Article

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