Failure to find the picture superiority effect in implicit conceptual memory tests

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 670-686

  Weldon, Mary Susan ^a   Coyote, Kathrin C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 0030556070     PISSN: 02787393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0278-7393.22.3.670     Document Type: Article

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