Serial position effects in visual short-term memory for words and abstract spatial patterns

Scandinavian Journal of Psychology

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 62-73

  Korsnes, M S ^a   Magnussen, S ^b   Reinvang, I ^a  

^a OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Pictorial memory; Serial position effect; Short term memory; Visual recognition

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; LONG TERM MEMORY; MALE; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; RECALL; SHORT TERM MEMORY;

ADULT; ATTENTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MENTAL RECALL; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; RETENTION (PSYCHOLOGY); SERIAL LEARNING; VERBAL LEARNING;

EID: 0030090863     PISSN: 00365564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9450.1996.tb00639.x     Document Type: Article

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