The Effects of Divided Attention on Encoding and Retrieval Processes in Human Memory

Journal of Experimental Psychology: General

Volumn 125, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 159-180

  Craik, Fergus I M ^a   Naveh Benjamin, Moshe ^c   Govoni, Richard ^b   Anderson, Nicole D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

^c BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AUDITORY STIMULATION; HUMAN; LINGUISTICS; MEMORY; REACTION TIME; RECALL; TASK PERFORMANCE; TIME;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ATTENTION; HUMANS; MEMORY; MENTAL RECALL; REACTION TIME; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; VOCABULARY;

EID: 0030162772     PISSN: 00963445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0096-3445.125.2.159     Document Type: Article

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