When Words Are Represented in Memory Like Pictures: Evidence for Spatial Encoding of Study Materials

Contemporary Educational Psychology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 38-54

  Robinson, Daniel H ^b   Robinson, Sheri L ^c   Katayama, Andrew D ^a  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY EDWARDSVILLE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^c NONE

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EID: 0001932851     PISSN: 0361476X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/ceps.1998.0979     Document Type: Article

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