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Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 576-598

  Blessing, Stephen B ^a   Anderson, John R ^a  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0030548807     PISSN: 02787393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0278-7393.22.3.576     Document Type: Article

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