A capacity theory of comprehension: Individual differences in working memory

Psychological Review

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 1992, Pages 122-149

  Just, Marcel Adam ^a   Carpenter, Patricia A ^a  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCEPT FORMATION; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; LEARNING; LONG TERM MEMORY; PROBLEM SOLVING; RECALL; REVIEW; SEMANTICS; THINKING;

CONCEPT FORMATION; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; MENTAL RECALL; PROBLEM SOLVING; RETENTION (PSYCHOLOGY); SEMANTICS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; THINKING; VERBAL LEARNING;

EID: 0026451760     PISSN: 0033295X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0033-295X.99.1.122     Document Type: Article

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