A syntactic complexity effect with visual patterns: Evidence for the syntactic nature of the memory representation

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 654-669

  Chechile, Richard A ^a   Anderson, Jane E ^a   Krafczek, Stacie A ^a   Coley, Susan L ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; ORIENTATION; PAIRED ASSOCIATE LEARNING; PATTERN RECOGNITION; REACTION TIME; RECALL;

ADULT; ATTENTION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; ORIENTATION; PAIRED-ASSOCIATE LEARNING; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; REACTION TIME;

EID: 0030139897     PISSN: 02787393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0278-7393.22.3.654     Document Type: Article

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