Generation Effects and the Lack Thereof: The Role of Transfer-appropriate Processing

Memory

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 31-48

  De Winstanley, Patricia A ^b   Bjork, Elizabeth Ligon ^a   Bjork, Robert A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b OBERLIN COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; HUMAN; LEARNING; RECALL;

ASSOCIATION LEARNING; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CUES; HUMANS; MENTAL RECALL;

EID: 0029681769     PISSN: 09658211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/741940667     Document Type: Article

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